| Many digital photos will open into your photo | | | | With this enabled, you may not be able to get |
| editing software with a resolution of 72 ppi. | | | | the exact dimensions you need, in the change |
| This is either because your digital camera | | | | skew of digital photo. |
| does not store resolution information when it | | | | |
| saves the photo, or the software you are | | | | When the resample option is not available and |
| using can't read the embedded resolution | | | | the constrain proportions option is enabled, |
| information, but its able to change skew of | | | | changing the resolution will alter the print |
| digital photo. Even if your software does | | | | size and print size will alter the |
| read the resolution information, the embedded | | | | resolution. The ppi will get smaller as the |
| resolution may not be what you really want. | | | | print size will increase. If you know what |
| But fortunately we can change the print size | | | | size you want to print and change skew of |
| of digital photos and that happens usually | | | | digital photo, enter the dimensions for the |
| with little or no loss in quality. | | | | print size. |
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| To do this, look in your photo editing | | | | Now there are different results regarding |
| software for an "Image Size," "Resize," | | | | this operation. If the ppi changes to 140 or |
| "Print Size," or "Resample" command to change | | | | less, you will get a low quality print at |
| skew of digital photo. When you use this | | | | that size, or if the ppi changes to 141-200, |
| command you will be presented with a dialog | | | | you will get an acceptable quality print at |
| box where you can change pixel dimensions, | | | | that size. But if the ppi changes to 201 or |
| print size, and resolution (ppi). | | | | higher, you will get a high quality print at |
| | | | that size, which is what most people are |
| When you want to change print size without | | | | looking for. |
| loss in quality, you should look for a | | | | |
| "resample" option in this dialog box and make | | | | If you do not have enough pixels to get an |
| sure it is disabled to change skew of digital | | | | acceptable or high quality print, you will |
| photo. When you want to change the print size | | | | need to add pixels throughout re-sampling. |
| without stretching or deformation, look for a | | | | Adding pixels, however, does not add quality |
| "constrain proportions" or "keep aspect | | | | to your image and will usually result in a |
| ratio" option and make sure it is enabled. | | | | soft or blurry print. |