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I have Photoshop 7 on a upgraded Mac G4 system. I’ve done web-related adjustments working with <100 dpi images, but I offered to help design a photo collage that needs to be printed professionally. The print shop has asked for all images be at 300 dpi.
Now the problem is that I’m receiving photos from different sources at all different resolutions. Most of the images I’ve received are less than 300 dpi (ranging from 72 to 180 dpi), but they’re all large megapixel .JPG files. Therefore, I have to ‘upsample’ if that’s the correct terminology, instead of downsampling like I’m used to doing.
If I change the resolutions to be consistent and in that process clear the Resample images box, the images are all different sizes AND I can’t change the size in the Image Size dialog box. To change the print size of the photo, I can scale it by dragging.
Question 1: Is this the correct procedure to use to adjust the photos to 300 dpi and keep a good-quality printed image? Basically, will the photos print correctly if I change the resolution to 300 dpi without resampling and scale the images individually by dragging?
Question 2: If this isn’t the best procedure to follw, what’s the correct/best procedure to use to get all the digital photos to 300dpi for printing AND scale each to the correct size for the collage?
Thanks,
Alia
Now the problem is that I’m receiving photos from different sources at all different resolutions. Most of the images I’ve received are less than 300 dpi (ranging from 72 to 180 dpi), but they’re all large megapixel .JPG files. Therefore, I have to ‘upsample’ if that’s the correct terminology, instead of downsampling like I’m used to doing.
If I change the resolutions to be consistent and in that process clear the Resample images box, the images are all different sizes AND I can’t change the size in the Image Size dialog box. To change the print size of the photo, I can scale it by dragging.
Question 1: Is this the correct procedure to use to adjust the photos to 300 dpi and keep a good-quality printed image? Basically, will the photos print correctly if I change the resolution to 300 dpi without resampling and scale the images individually by dragging?
Question 2: If this isn’t the best procedure to follw, what’s the correct/best procedure to use to get all the digital photos to 300dpi for printing AND scale each to the correct size for the collage?
Thanks,
Alia
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