Re: Digest Number 183

[Thomas Compter]

On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 08:15 AM, Phil wrote: > Are the digital cameras taking only 72dpi images? The cameras are taking pictures with a certain pixel resolution, (640x480, 1280x960, etc) and dpi has nothing really to do with it. DPI is a printing thing. If you UNcheck the 'Scale Picture' checkbox in GraphicConverter's Scale Picture dialog, and you blow it up from 72dpi to 300 dpi, you will see your picture (printing) size shrink accordingly. > What's the best way > to scale them up so that they print well as 8x10 or larger? Changing > the resolution on screen from 72dpi to 300 makes the images all jaggy. > Is there a way to increase the resolution effectively to get bigger > prints with good quality or am I stuck in 72dpi? You either need a camera with higher resolution or try Dave's advice. Other programs might do a better scaling job. (To get 8x10 at 300 dpi, you'd need an original picture resolution of 2400x3000 pixels.) _________ : homas