Resolution Issues & Prints

[ncbeaches1]

OK, I have just bought my first DSLR. A Canon T1i. I was told @ the camera shop that I can do large image prints (up to a 16 x 20, I think) with this camera. I took pics with the camera in Hi-Res setting. Edits done in Lightroom. Found Winkflash.com to do prints.(don't know much about them or anyone else for that matter) I uploaded an image to see about a canvas. It says my image is Low-Res and I am not about to take a risk on printing something & it turn out blurry. Does anyone know what I am missing here? I even shot a test RAW image (which I also know nothing about) and edited it in LR and it said Low-Res as well.
I am frustrated!!! How am I going to figure this out??

I NEED SERIOUS ADVICE PLEASE! Thanks!

[teaking]

What are your images px dimensions before exporting from light room. Are they the same as the exported image? And what dimensions are the being printed?

Also do you know if the are assuming its for a 300 dpi\ppi print?

[OsmosisStudios]

Second what Teaking is asking: What is the output size of the image?

LR has the ability to downsample images straight on export, saving you a step in the long run if yourte just publishing to web. For print, though, you want the most resolution you can get.

[ncbeaches1]

Welll..........here's the thing........
I am only using a free trial version of LR @ the moment....don't know about exporting the images, yet. I uploaded them to my FB, and then saved them to my computer from there. I don't know how else to save my edited images to my computer using LR. If you can offer any help on this, I would greatly appreciate it. I only have a couple weeks left on my trial and then I will most likely go to a PS program. I simply cannot afford (especially after buying the camera) to pay out 400-500 bucks on the software right now.

So.... how do I get around this issue which seems to be the reason my images are low-res?

Thanks for your replies!!!

[sk66]

Don't use the facebook publish function...Select the image and go to menu>file>export the file settings will then pop up. (or use rt click>export)

[digirebelva]

When you uploaded them to FB, they were automatically scaled down (some or a lot) for web viewing, and then pulling them down to your computer is where you are making the mistake...
Take a look at gimp for pp.(free)
I use Ifranview (free to use) to quickly "saveas" different formats and/or downsizing..would not use it to pp though. It will open canon raw's to view as well..

I would think even the trial version of LR would let you "saveas" a tiff or even a jpeg..

[RichardTaylor]

F1 (Funtion 1) or Menu/Help takes you to Lightroom help screens ( you need to be on line)

When there just read through the sections under Exporting Photos.

or

It is:
(1) Menu/File/Export
(2) You will need to select a destination
(3) File settings to:
JPG
100%
Srgb

Do not resize your images.
That's it.

[Skoropada]

I don't know about what's shipped with Canon cameras, but I received a RAW converter and a picture organizer with my Sony.
May they are not the best software around, but they'll do the job without extra expense.

[ncbeaches1]

YAY!!! I have it figured out! So I took the previous comments & discovered how to first, look for help in LR & second - EXPORT! When I exported them, I was able to upload to a printing service without the MEAN "Low-Res" warning! Now, after doing this, I have discovered I need a MUCH bigger Flash drive, but nonetheless, I have resolved my issues, with all the thanks to those that responded to my distress call!

Hopefully, I will eventually put my camera to work earning cash doing the thing I love almost as much as my children!!!

[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by ncbeaches1

I have discovered I need a MUCH bigger Flash drive,

Flash drive is temporary storage, not to be used for backups or long-term storage of images. You want a proper hard drive for that.