Camera photos 72dpi by default, what to make templates?

[mishmatta]

So when I take pictures from my pentax k20, the file size is roughly 4600x3100 pixels in dimension. The resolution is 72 pixels/inch. This is untouched.

If I want to make a template in photoshop, should I stay with a 72 pixels/inch resolution but make the file size the same (4600x3100)?? Or should I set it for 300 pixels/inch?

Reason I ask is if I create the template at 300 pixels, the photo I import from the camera, directly, is tiny. Like an icon. I want the print (both camera images and template graphics) to look nice.

What do you recommend?

[OsmosisStudios]

What youre referring to isnt PIXELS per inch, but an old printers term that is DOTS per inch. Pixels per inch is just the total number of pixels on one side, divided by the number of inches for that side.

If you're making templates, or using pre-made ones, they're likely going to be 300DPI. For the images you're setting into those templates, open them, re-size them to 300dpi (in Photoshop: Image > resize > uncheck the "RESAMPLE" box > set DPI to 300 > okay. Then copy/paste as a new layer into your template.