does size matter

[bob_r_ann]

When saving a file that has been edited, doctored and cropped in a photo editing software?
What size should a photo filed be saved at if you plan on printing it larger that 8x10?
I am so confused, when I crop and save a file it is smaller that what I believe would make a large photo.
What is the procedure when it comes to cropping, editing and saving a photo file so that it can be printed out as a large photo?


barb

[Jim Bryant]

It's better to save at a larger size. I save mine at the raw image size of 11 x 7 or so. When I crop I try to save at least 8 x 10 or larger at 300 dpi. Better to save at a large size than save small to try to print bigger.

Are you using photo shop or CS3 or 4? After cropping just go into Image to image size and change the width to 10 or larger or length to 10 or larger. Depends if you want a vert or horz photo.

Originally Posted by bob_r_ann

When saving a file that has been edited, doctored and cropped in a photo editing software?
What size should a photo filed be saved at if you plan on printing it larger that 8x10?
I am so confused, when I crop and save a file it is smaller that what I believe would make a large photo.
What is the procedure when it comes to cropping, editing and saving a photo file so that it can be printed out as a large photo?


barb

[bob_r_ann]

Originally Posted by Jim Bryant

It's better to save at a larger size. I save mine at the raw image size of 11 x 7 or so. When I crop I try to save at least 8 x 10 or larger at 300 dpi. Better to save at a large size than save small to try to print bigger.

Are you using photo shop or CS3 or 4? After cropping just go into Image to image size and change the width to 10 or larger or length to 10 or larger. Depends if you want a vert or horz photo.

Thanks,
I am using CS4 and I shoot with a Nikon D90 RAW large format (4288px by 2828px)
When I crop this size down in CS4 will I be able to retrieve back the lost size of the photo again or is it best to leave the photo alone so that the printed size wont be compromised? would love to be able to at least get a 11x14 after processing.

[Jim Bryant]

No problem.....................I can get up to 13 x 19 or larger prints out of my prints if I save as TIffs.

[bob_r_ann]

Originally Posted by Jim Bryant

No problem.....................I can get up to 13 x 19 or larger prints out of my prints if I save as TIffs.

so is saving as a tiff instead of jpg the answer for being able to get larger printed photos?
I am really concerned as I have cropped a lot of my photos in CS4 put resized them to 8x10 300dpi and saved them as a jpg. Need to burn them for a friend and I know that she will want to take the cd to a local processor and have them printed. I am scared that she will get some back that will be grainy as having them printed to large for the pixels.
How can I be guaranteed of photo quality when someone has control of the photo CD printing?

[RustySterling]

Originally Posted by bob_r_ann

so is saving as a tiff instead of jpg the answer for being able to get larger printed photos?
I am really concerned as I have cropped a lot of my photos in CS4 put resized them to 8x10 300dpi and saved them as a jpg. Need to burn them for a friend and I know that she will want to take the cd to a local processor and have them printed. I am scared that she will get some back that will be grainy as having them printed to large for the pixels.
How can I be guaranteed of photo quality when someone has control of the photo CD printing?

Not necessarily. If you do your primary PhotoShopping in TIF then great. Do that. You do get a higher quality file than in saving to jpeg.

I do my primary editing (as much as I can) in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). I also have set up my ACR to open images in PhotoShop as 16bit Adobe RGB. This limits what I can "save as" in PhotoShop, but I'm OK with that. In PhotoShop I'm working with the highest quality I can, given that it is 16 bit and TIFF.

Once I get what I want in PhotoShop, then I use Bridge to convert the TIFF images to jpeg through Tools/Photoshop/Image Processor. Now you can do this for an individual file or a batch. It creates a separate subfolder called JPEG in which it saves the jpeg files as you have designated in the tools window.

If you have highlighted an individual file in Bridge, that is the only file that will be converted. If you have only selected the folder and NO INDIVIDUAL FILE then it will convert everything that it finds compatible to a jpeg format -- and I do mean everything, DNG and TIFF. So you really should select the TIFF files you want converted at this point in the process.

You'll have to play around with this to see what I mean but it is pretty straight forward once you see it.

Personally, I do as much post processing in ACR as I can and very little in Photoshop. But if I need Photoshop I relish what it can do for me. And I save the TIFF files and then do the batch processing I noted above to get them to jpeg.

[prrs4me]

I am not a pro so my work load is not massive. I usually edit and save for the size I want to print out now. If I need a different size in the future I still have the RAW file to convert to another size. It's more work but like I said I don't have that many to do.