Damien Symonds

Great! So reduce your screen brightness until they match.

Oh? Then how are you comparing them to your screen?

Are you viewing these prints in good bright window light?

I wasn't surprised to see you say "he". This problem seems to arise from men much more often than women - I assume it's something to do with small penis size. Of course you're right, the resolution number is completely irrelevant. But educating idiots about this is really difficult. This is the best I have, and I realise it's feeble, and not targeted for this case. In short, what he needs to understand is that you can change the files to 300ppi for him if he insists on it, but the files he receives will be EXACTLY the same number of pixels, and therefore will be printable to EXACTLY the same size; and you will charge him a fee for making this pointless change. Or, you can just change them. It's simply a matter of opening the Image Size dialog, making sure the "Resample Image" box isn't checked, and changing the resolution to 300ppi. You can save this little process as an action, and run it through Image Processor.

Well, try it again from the beginning. Make sure you flatten before cropping.

@marym?

Did you give it a shot?

Doesn't seem very clear, does it?

Good.

I don't know, but it doesn't matter. We fixed the jagged problem, and your 0.2 looks great. Go with it.

I equally assure you, it doesn't make much more than a week or so to get used to a correct screen, and you'll wonder how you ever tolerated it so darn bright and blue before.

Mine definitely didn't look like that at 0.2. May I see the nonsharpened version?

No, that doesn't look like 0.2

Ah ha! Found the culprit. You have to make sure you flatten the layers BEFORE cropping.

Yes, that should be fine. This is so perplexing! You seem to be doing everything right, I can't understand it. Do you mind sending me the full-size master file, so I can try the crop for myself? By the way ... This is just a typo, right? It's actually 280, not 180.

Please don't wait any longer to take the Sharpening Class. It'll take your printing to a stratospheric level.

Hmmm ... weird. Can you go to Photoshop's preferences, and in the "General" section tell me what the Image Interpolation is set to?

This is a STUNNING photo, and you have absolutely nothing to worry about. The focus is fine, and with correct sharpening, it will print a million dollars.

That looks jagged too. How did you prepare these files at that size? Did you use the Crop Tool? What about the Image Size function?

No. And don't go searching, because you're as likely to find viruses as anything else. Software for a job is an investment. Office isn't all that expensive. You wouldn't like if it people shared your writings without paying you for them; it's only fair to give Microsoft the same courtesy. However, if you REALLY won't buy it, Open Office is a well-regarded free alternative.

The same here. May I see it without the sharpening?

Again, these ones feel a bit jagged. How did they look before the sharpening?

The text looks a bit jagged to me. May I see it without the sharpening?

We'll need to discuss the raw processing in the Raw Class, thanks.

I've moved this into the Focus Checks section, since that's what it is, in effect. Per the posting guidelines, may I see the whole photo, plus the shot details?