Best Format to Save My File To?

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rvs053063
Apr 27, 2007
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I would like to provide photography for sale at a resolution of 300 dpi in 3 sizes; 5×7; 7×10; 11×15. At 300 dpi, these pictures are sizeable in native Photopshop CS2 format. What format should I save them in so that someone who downloads the picture can print them without owning CS2? If I save them to JPG, it seems that a lot of information is lost because the larger file size drops from 28 Mb to around 4 Mb. Is there any way to preserve the file information and photo quality yet provide a means for the average consumer to print the picture? These pictures are being taken with a Nikon 6 Mp DSLR. Thanks! Rick.
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Ed_Hannigan
Apr 27, 2007
JPG may be your only option because of its universality. Save at the highest quality setting. You DO lose some information with a JPG save, but as long as it’s not done over and over the loss will be negligible.
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Phosphor
Apr 27, 2007
PDFs are pretty universal as well.
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Art Campbell
Apr 27, 2007
And PDFs provide much better quality if you think the pix will be printed.

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Robert_Barnett
Apr 27, 2007
TIFF

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