 Charles K. Tufuor |
Transferring images online for printing What is the preferred format and resolution to transmit photos online for printing?
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
Hi Charles, I have my images saved full sized as large jpegs. I used to use large .tifs but some of these are 50+ MB which is too large for some print companies. I dont resize them so I can offer everything up to 24x36 prints (2400 x 3600 pixels). Zenfolio/MPIX has a 25MB limit so while my .tifs are too large, my largest jpeg still comes in under 25MB. I do size down to 800 pixels for posting on the web but these are not for printing. Hope this helps, Carlton
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Charles K. Tufuor |
Thanks Carlton for your response. My problem is, I don't recall with my previous online transmissions promting me of low resolutions before submitting such orders. Of late anytime I try to submit my order, it cautions me of low resolution warning and when I ignore and send it, the pictures come out very poor. What am I doing wrong and what should I do to avoid such cautions from showing up? I read an earlier response after I posted mine but it was not very clear to me. If you do lower the resolution and transmit online, will you still get the same picture quality as your original? If not how can I do this without jeopardizing my quality.
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
Hi Charles, Submit full sized jpegs or tiffs if the tifs aren't too large for the print company standards (mine are unless I compress them). It takes a while to transmit large files so you just have to wait while the internet connection transfers the files. My images are 5616 x 3744 saved as jpegs and they are between 15 to 20MB which comes in under the 25MB max size Zenfolio allows. This means I can print a 56 inch by 37 inch print at good quality. I only offer 24x36 inch prints right now but being larger than needed should render great quality for anything less. This one file will be used to print 4x6, 5x7, 8x10, 8x12, 12x18, 16x24, 24x30. Some of these have to be cropped (like the 8x10 needs 2 inches cut to fit) but I (or my customers) can select the crop on my Zenfolio site... Hope this helps,
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
Here that link.. Carltons Zen Site
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