The highlight of a Digital Photography class is sharing your photography with others. With digital photography there are many ways you can do this: email, your website, online photography albums, but as for those really good photos, the ones that really show off your new photography skills and the places, people, pets and things you love...Well, some photographs deserve to be printed and framed. Besides framing and hanging your best photographs, there are a few other reasons you may find you have for printing your photos. Here are a few of the many ways printed photographs are used.
Printing a quality print of a photograph is trickier than printing, say, a flyer. The following tips will make the process easier:
Size Counts
Whenever you resize a photo on your computer, think first if you may ever want to print it.
Check with your manual or the manufacturers recommendations on their website. Then use a photo editor to resample the photos to the appropriate dpi. For those new to printing, dpi stands for "dots per inch." The ink jet printers on the market today that are used for quality photo prints often have dpi resolution of around 1200 to 4800. This sort of dpi will produce quality prints of photographs that have around 140 to 300 pixels per inch.
Please note that the ppi or pixels per inch is the measurement for the resolution of a photograph taken with a digital camera, not to be confused with the height and width of the photo. For example a 200 pixel x 300 pixel photograph would be quite small, while a photo with a 300 ppi needn't be small because ppi refers to the quality not the physical size of the picture.
Using the Right Photo Paper
Use photo-printing paper and if possible that which is made by your printer's manufacture and is recommended for your model or model family. If you're looking for an easier way to get high quality prints, say for a special event such as a contest or a large size photograph you want to frame and display, remember that a local or online printer is another option.
- Framed for the mantle, table and wall displays
- Posters
- Wallet pictures
- Memory books
- Greeting cards
- Photo crafts
- Entered into competitions (county fair, etc.)
Printing a quality print of a photograph is trickier than printing, say, a flyer. The following tips will make the process easier:
Size Counts
Whenever you resize a photo on your computer, think first if you may ever want to print it.
- High quality 10 x 13: 2592 x 1944 pixels (5 mega pixel camera set for high resolution.)
- High Quality: 9 x 12 inches: 2272 x 1704 pixels (4 mega pixel camera set for high resolution).
- High Quality: 8 x 10 inches: 2048 x 1536 pixels (3 mega pixel camera set for high resolution).
- High Quality: 4 x 6 inches, 5 x 7 inches: 1600 x 1200 pixels (2 mega pixel camera set for high resolution)
Check with your manual or the manufacturers recommendations on their website. Then use a photo editor to resample the photos to the appropriate dpi. For those new to printing, dpi stands for "dots per inch." The ink jet printers on the market today that are used for quality photo prints often have dpi resolution of around 1200 to 4800. This sort of dpi will produce quality prints of photographs that have around 140 to 300 pixels per inch.
Please note that the ppi or pixels per inch is the measurement for the resolution of a photograph taken with a digital camera, not to be confused with the height and width of the photo. For example a 200 pixel x 300 pixel photograph would be quite small, while a photo with a 300 ppi needn't be small because ppi refers to the quality not the physical size of the picture.
Using the Right Photo Paper
Use photo-printing paper and if possible that which is made by your printer's manufacture and is recommended for your model or model family. If you're looking for an easier way to get high quality prints, say for a special event such as a contest or a large size photograph you want to frame and display, remember that a local or online printer is another option.
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