I've done a search on Canon's site and can't find out shit. Probably too simple. I've got a gal that says she needs some pics but they must be 300DPI and it seems that everything I do is 72DPI. I have a Canon S400 and I set it to SL resolution but it doesn't seem to change the DPI.
Could someone help this dumbass understand? [img]/images/graemlins/confused[/img]
Dpi stands for "dots per inch". The more dots per inch (dpi) a printer is capable of, the better that printer is at printing small detailed images. Most print shops are only capable of large format printing at a maximum of 600 dpi; unfortunately this is not suitable for mosaic rendering. Picture Mosaics uses only large format printers capable of printing at 1440 dpi and above (which is 2 to 3 times photo quality). This allows the cell images (the small pictures within the mosaic) to be crystal clear.
Usually found in properties in your printer settings.
Dpi stands for "dots per inch". The more dots per inch (dpi) a printer is capable of, the better that printer is at printing small detailed images. Most print shops are only capable of large format printing at a maximum of 600 dpi; unfortunately this is not suitable for mosaic rendering. Picture Mosaics uses only large format printers capable of printing at 1440 dpi and above (which is 2 to 3 times photo quality). This allows the cell images (the small pictures within the mosaic) to be crystal clear.
Usually found in properties in your printer settings.
Yeah, but what can I do to my camera to affect this. If she wants 300DPI, how can I make this happen?
Your eye can resolve more detail on a printed page than it can on a monitor screen... about three times more to be exact.
So, suppose you have a picture with a resolution of 640x480... this will come up as being about 4"x6" on a typical monitor, and it will look OK.
Now suppose you want to print that same picture. To get a photo-quality 4"x6" print, you need to be roughly three times the resolution of what's on your monitor, so that image would have to be (640 * 3 = 1920) by (480 * 3 = 1440). If you look at the sizes available in your camera, that approvimately corresponds to the three megapixel setting.
If you have photoshop, you can change the resolution of the pic under Image, then image size. When you first go there, the image may be 72 dpi, but it might be 17" x 12". Change resolution to 200-300. If you have the check boxes set right, it will scale the picture down in size accordingly.
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