default setting of 72 dpi

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Jan 9, 2006
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How can I chage the default setting of 72 dpi when uploading picture from my camera, I would like to at least have them at 300 dpi so I hav plenty of room to edit them.
anyway to do this without hurting the quality of the picture

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edjh
Jan 9, 2006
traceyann65 wrote:
How can I chage the default setting of 72 dpi when uploading pictures from my camera, I would like to at least have them at 300 dpi so I have plenty of room to edit them.
anyway to do this without hurting the quality of the picture?
Ignore that dpi number (should actually be ppi). It is meaningless. What really matters is the number of pixels.

If you must resize in Image>Image Size UNCHECK resampling.

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traceyann65
Jan 9, 2006
but don’t I need the increased dpi’s for printing the pictures that edit in high quality

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jaSPAMc
Jan 9, 2006
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 19:02:01 +0100, traceyann65
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floating about:

but don’t I need the increased dpi’s for printing the pictures that I edit in high quality?

Only need to set for the printer. Do that just before printing and without the ‘resample’ being ticked.
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Tacit
Jan 9, 2006
In article ,
traceyann65 wrote:

How can I chage the default setting of 72 dpi when uploading pictures from my camera, I would like to at least have them at 300 dpi so I have plenty of room to edit them.
anyway to do this without hurting the quality of the picture?

Digital camera pictures have no "dpi."

When Photoshop sees a picture with no resolution, it assigns 72. You can change it to whatever you want without hurting quality:

1. Go to the Image Size command.
2. TURN OFF the "Resample Image" checkbox.
3. Change the resolution to 300 pixels per inch.

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Tacit
Jan 9, 2006
In article ,
traceyann65 wrote:

but don’t I need the increased dpi’s for printing the pictures that I edit in high quality?

When you use the Image Size command and turn off "resample image," you increase dpi (actually, ppi), and you do not degrade the image. The image prints out smaller with higher resolution.

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jaSPAMc
Jan 9, 2006
On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:10:24 GMT, tacit found these unused words floating about:

In article ,
traceyann65 wrote:

How can I chage the default setting of 72 dpi when uploading pictures from my camera, I would like to at least have them at 300 dpi so I have plenty of room to edit them.
anyway to do this without hurting the quality of the picture?

Digital camera pictures have no "dpi."

Technically true, but many set the bits to indicate 72dpi. Somebody in manufacturing ‘thinks’ that’s the "thing to do". Look at headers in a jpg direct from the camera.

For my Minolta – the ‘ideal’ dpi is 240. 5 mpx to print 8×10.

When Photoshop sees a picture with no resolution, it assigns 72. You can change it to whatever you want without hurting quality:

1. Go to the Image Size command.
2. TURN OFF the "Resample Image" checkbox.
3. Change the resolution to 300 pixels per inch.

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