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Originally Posted by Pesto126
It all depends on the quality of files you used to create the layout. For example, if you used 6mp or better photos and didn't do too many destructive things on them, that's great. If your elements were all high quality pngs.. super. However, if your photos were 3mp say and were saved only as jpg and then you did a ton of saving and editting of them... they will not look great when enlarged.
You will need to use Bicubic Smoother in photoshop as you change the image size.. or even better, you could try third party plugins that special in this type of things like Geniune Fractals...
Like everything else.. it depends on the original and the quality of it.
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Thanks!! See, what I've realized is that people that are not into photography or scrapping tend to save pics at the lowest resolution. The pics look fine when they are emailed but I've had a hard time explaining that it won't look nice when enlarged.
I don't know right now how her pics are saved but I tell people I need at least 300 ppi.
Do you know more about the Bicubic Smoother...as in how to use it. I've seen it when I go to the Image Size window but I want to be able to adjust it properly. I know they say you can make 10-20% in changes BUT how do I do it?
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Originally Posted by wclair
Go up to 24x24 and you should be just fine.
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Thank you...I'll ask her how big she wants to have them printed. Hopefully 24x24 is okay with her.
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Originally Posted by Pesto126
especially if you just want to view them from far away.. they will be more forgiving if you are not standing 1 foot away. A trick that you can do to be sure... just blow the thing up to the size you want, crop an 8x10 section away and print it. If you like the way it prints for that section.. then you will like the rest when printed... professional photographers do this all the time to test large resizings..
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WOW!! I love this trick! I never thought of that! You know I was thinking I would have to do test prints at the printers each time!! WOO HOO!!!
So Pesto, are you saying the 24x24 300dpi print will only look good from afar?