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I shot RAW, convert to TIFF 16 bit with PS2, Capture One Pro or Bibble, edit if necessary and then save Jpeg highest quality possible (12 in PS2 or 100% in ACDSee).

Then I delete the TIFF files, but keep the RAW files and the settings for them. All of these (RAW + Jpegs) are stored to DVD's in two copies.
 
mbuf said:
I shot RAW, convert to TIFF 16 bit with PS2, Capture One Pro or
Bibble, edit if necessary and then save Jpeg highest quality
possible (12 in PS2 or 100% in ACDSee).
Then I delete the TIFF files, but keep the RAW files and the
settings for them. All of these (RAW + Jpegs) are stored to DVD's
in two copies.
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Just want to remember you all from that both cd's and dvd's has a certain lifetime. If you have cd's about 10 years of old you should consider to reburn those couse cd's back then weren't as great as they were today. I have meet many people wich have lost a lot becouse of the cd's bad lifetime.

Today it's almost cheaper to by a extra harddrive, have that in consideration. Just some tips
 
and then save at quality 12 is what I do. Maybe my workflow is wrong, but it seems that all that all those extra pixels are just wasted on a 4x6. Your file size will be around 1.5MB. You might even use 250 ppi. It seems that I read somewhere that most commercial print processes don't use more than that anyway. My prints seem to look good.

Please enlighten me if this is bad workflow.

JAJ
 
Your new image spreads the available pixels over the image. In the case of a 4x6 cropped from a 8mp 350XT jpeg, it would be around 575 ppi, much high resolution needed for most printers.

JAJ
 
netspots said:
JAJ said:
Crop to 4x6 @ 300 ppi first...
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What happens if nothing is entered into the "PPI" field? I usually
just leave that field blank.
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If you leave the DPI field blank, it will not resample, just crop. If you fill out the DPI field, it will crop and resample to the size you specify.

Example1:
Original file: 3456x2304 pixels
Selected area: 600x400 pixels
Selecting 6x4 with 300 DPI => 1800x1200 pixels Selecting 6x4 with DPI blank => 600x400 pixels

Example2:
Original file: 3456x2304 pixels
Selected area: 3456x2304 pixels
Selecting 6x4 with 300 DPI => 1800x1200 pixels Selecting 6x4 with DPI blank => 3456x2304 pixels

See following link for DPI information

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/und_resolution.shtml
 
netspots said:
What happens if nothing is entered into the "PPI" field? I usually
just leave that field blank.
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All the PPI (DPI) field is used for in Photoshop is to calculate the pixel size that your image should be resized to. If you want a 4x6 @ 300DPI, it will fill in 1200x1800 for the pixel height and width. It's the same as entering 1200x1800 manually, and ignoring the PPI field altogether. It's not embedded into the JPG for use by the printer or anything. It's more of a convenient calculator to help you determine how many pixels you'll need for a particular desired print size and PPI.
  • Eric
 
Blanking the DPI field is different than just ignoring it. Don't change the DPI field unless you're also changing the dimension fields and actually trying to calculate a proper size.

In other words:

If you know the exact pixel dimensions you want (for web viewing, for example): Go to Resize, and enter the pixel height/width. Ignore all other fields.

If you know the size of print you want: Go to Resize, and enter the photo dimensions you want, and the DPI you want. Ignore the pixel dimension fields.

Hope that makes more sense.
  • Eric
 
So if she wasn't skinny then it would be ok?

Just kidding :-)

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I am not politically correct. I'm honest instead...
 
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