jeffrey_haddock1 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I am printing B&W on an Epson R2400 from Imacon scans of B&W 120 neg film scanned at the highest resolution. The files, after cropping, are in the range of 7000*7000 pixels. I am printing 12.5" by 12.5" prints. My question is, should I be setting the resolution to 360 dpi and setting the document size to 12.5" by 12.5" in Photoshop and letting it resample the image to 4500*4500 pixels? Or, should I just leave all 7000*7000 pixels, and set the dpi to whatever I need to achieve an output size of 12.5*12.5 without resampling? Or would the printer drivers be resampling anyways? Any help is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Take a look at a program called Qimage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stb Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Do the downsizing in PhotoShop, it is better. I use the bilinear method in photoshop because it downsize the grain much better than any bicubic variation. I find Bicubic wroks better for upsizing and bilinear for downsizing. If the original is a colour slide scan, without grain, then bicubic sharper is better for downsizing. After the bilinear ownsizing, some sharpening is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricklavoie Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 i use bicubic sharper when i want a smaller size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricklavoie Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 why dont you just enter the size in inch and the ppi you need in the dialog box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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