MaryHu Posted November 13, 2017 Posted November 13, 2017 I completely screwed up. I've been having some issues with my Mark IV and packed it up last week to send into Canon. I started using my Mark III on Fri. I haven't used it since I last sent it into Canon for servicing. Apparently they reset all of the settings and I didn't think to check. I just pulled all of the sessions off the camera that I've done since Fri. A newborn session, a full family session, and 6 minis. All shot in jpeg. Not just jpeg but medium size jpeg. They're 72 ppi, 2.3 MB, 2560x3840. How big are people going to be able to print these? Is the quality going to be complete crap? Someone suggested I use a program called Perfect Resize. Any feedback on this?
Damien Symonds Posted November 13, 2017 Posted November 13, 2017 2560x3840 is 9.8 megapixels. So as long as they're well-focused, and don't require very much cropping at all, you'll be fine. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2014/03/how-aggressively-can-i-crop.html 27 minutes ago, MaryHu said: Someone suggested I use a program called Perfect Resize. Do NOT use this shit. Photoshop does a perfectly good job. 1
MaryHu Posted November 13, 2017 Author Posted November 13, 2017 Great, Thank you! Should I change the 72ppi to 300 is PS?
Damien Symonds Posted November 13, 2017 Posted November 13, 2017 No. The PPI number is completely meaningless, I assure you. https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_resolution.html https://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/11/why-ppi-doesnt-matter-yet-another.html 1
Damien Symonds Posted November 13, 2017 Posted November 13, 2017 So it all pretty much comes down to this - how is the focus? Did you nail 'em? Your culling process will be vital. Don't be lax with it, because if you are it will bite you on the ass later. Be ruthless. If there are any that you're uncertain about, feel free to post in this area for my help.
MaryHu Posted November 13, 2017 Author Posted November 13, 2017 Focus is good and they won't need to be cropped much, if at all. Thanks for your input. I feel a lot better!
Damien Symonds Posted November 13, 2017 Posted November 13, 2017 That's wonderful news. Breathe easier, my friend.
MaryHu Posted November 28, 2017 Author Posted November 28, 2017 So so. The ones I nailed in camera or slightly underexposed turned out great. If any were overexposed at all or the white balance was off they were harder to get to my liking. I never want to edit a jpeg file again! I picked a couple to print as 11x14 as a test and they looked perfect. Thanks so much for calming my nerves1
MaryHu Posted November 28, 2017 Author Posted November 28, 2017 This one was overexposed and the color was off. Just couldn't get it to look right.
Damien Symonds Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 Well, if that's the worst one, the others must be excellent.
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