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Printing Images on My Epson 2200 Is there a trick to printing digital images? All the labs say to hand them JPEG's at 300 DPI. So doesn't that simply mean I go into Photoshop, make everything 300 DPI, and hand it to them for printing? Or is there more to it? Do they color correct, or do I do that in Photoshop? I am shooting at RAW, but I don't really understand what I'm doing because Photoshop just makes it a JPEG anyway. And Photoshop automatically makes everything 72 DPI. Does the same apply to me for personal printing? In other words, what is the optimum DPI for printing? My camera is 6.3 MP. I am really struggling with my new digital situation. Also, my film images which I have scanned in do not print nicely. How can I fix that?
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doug Nelson |
I think you're right to shoot in raw mode. Your camera's software, or a plug-in available for Photoshop should convert raw to TIF, or enable you to edit as raw. I think the key to your question is the Image/Image Size screen. Open one of your best shots, right out of the camera, or from a file of archives of your raw shots. Do what you have to do to avoid converting to JPEG. It's hard to tell you what because I don't know how the particular software handles raw. Raw is what the pros are using, and there's plenty of information in back issues of Shutterbug. Uncheck Resample and check Constrain Proportions. Shots right out of digital cameras are often at 72 ppi. Enter 300 in the resolution block and PS will calculate the image dimensions for you. Alternatively, enter the long dimension you want to print (10 if an 8 x 10), and you will see the resolution that results. If it's at least 240 ppi, print it on your Epson. For my Epson, 300 ppi gives consistently good results, but 240 is usually OK, too. As long as you have invested in an excellent camera and a pro-level printer, consider one of the Photoshop for photographers courses here at betterphoto, or a course at your community college. There'a lot to fixing brightness/contrast, color correction, sharpening, and retouching. The Articles on my web page only scratch the surface.
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