[Gimp-user] Photo printing
When I take my 35mm film roll in to my local photo lab for developing, I get a set of prints on CD. Can they print a 5 x 7 inch enlargement of one of these CD prints after I have made some changes with GIMP, or will they only be able to make a print from the negative (which I can't make changes to)? Thanks. -- A. M. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Photo printing
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 21:16:40 +0100 (CET), A. M. wrote: When I take my 35mm film roll in to my local photo lab for developing, I get a set of prints on CD. Can they print a 5 x 7 inch enlargement of one of these CD prints after I have made some changes with GIMP, or will they only be able to make a print from the negative (which I can't make changes to)? Most photo labs nowadays can print photos from digital sources - after all, film is quickly becoming obsolete. -- Jernej Simončič http://deepthought.ena.si/ Contact address: jernej simoncic at isg si ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Photo printing
OK, thanks. I just wondered if the CD photos would have the right information - I read somewhere that the ppi. for photo printing should be about 200, the ppi. for my CD prints is 72. -- A. M. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Photo printing
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:47 PM, A. M. for...@gimpusers.com wrote: OK, thanks. I just wondered if the CD photos would have the right information - I read somewhere that the ppi. for photo printing should be about 200, the ppi. for my CD prints is 72. It depends on the pixel dimensions - if the CD photos are only 360 px by 504 px ( which is 5x7 at 72 DPI), you will not get very high quality prints. However, I suspect the CD photos are probably much larger - so you should resize them to 5x7 with software like GIMP and see what the resulting PPI is... Wow, does that even make sense? Let me try again: even though the CD photos are at 72 DPI, they're probably much larger than 5x7 - if so you can resize them to 5x7 and end up with a higher PPI. Most drugstore labs (where I live) can print photos from a SD card or a USB stick... Chris ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Photo printing
There should be no problem in getting a print but I suggest you ask them first to find out what they require the Gimp image to be saved on. Norman OK, thanks. -- A. M. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Photo printing
A. M. wrote: OK, thanks. I just wondered if the CD photos would have the right information - I read somewhere that the ppi. for photo printing should be about 200, the ppi. for my CD prints is 72. You might enquire of the place you take your film for processing whether you can specify the PPI of the processed images, in which case I would specify a ppi of 300 or more. If you cannot, and you have a scanner, you might be able to scan the negative on your scanner, and develop which would be basically changing to the color balance of the image and prepare the images at home. I have had reasonably good luck scanning both positive and negative images made on 35 mm film in a variety of media on a flatbed scanner, and processing the film. I scan at 1200 dpi, and by printing at the same image 300 dpi, I increase the size of the printed image by 4 times. ns ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Photo printing
You might enquire of the place you take your film for processing whether you can specify the PPI of the processed images, in which case I would specify a ppi of 300 or more. If you cannot, and you have a scanner, you might be able to scan the negative on your scanner, and develop which would be basically changing to the color balance of the image and prepare the images at home. I have had reasonably good luck scanning both positive and negative images made on 35 mm film in a variety of media on a flatbed scanner, and processing the film. I scan at 1200 dpi, and by printing at the same image 300 dpi, I increase the size of the printed image by 4 times. ns That's very helpful. I think my local computer repair shop has a scanner, so I'll try that. Thanks very much. -- A. M. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Photo printing
It depends on the pixel dimensions - if the CD photos are only 360 px by 504 px ( which is 5x7 at 72 DPI), you will not get very high quality prints. However, I suspect the CD photos are probably much larger - so you should resize them to 5x7 with software like GIMP and see what the resulting PPI is... Wow, does that even make sense? Let me try again: even though the CD photos are at 72 DPI, they're probably much larger than 5x7 - if so you can resize them to 5x7 and end up with a higher PPI. Most drugstore labs (where I live) can print photos from a SD card or a USB stick... Actually, the DPI is adjusted on the fly in the shops that I am familiar with. You take a digital image of any dimensions, tell them on what size to print it, and that's it. Naturally, trying to print 320x240 px image on an A4 sized print will look terrible, but up to the technical limits of the machine it can be done. Therefore, make sure that the shop that gives you the disc used a high (at least 300 DPI, and 1200 would not be unreasonable) resolution setting so that the resultant prints will look decent. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
