Resolution of uploads

Cornflake

I did a search before I posted this question and didn't find anything. I'm weak on the technical side of things. My vague understanding is that when I upload an image to SmugMug, there is no advantage to increasing the resolution of the photograph past 300 dpi. If prints are ordered, they won't be affected by any higher resolution I might choose when exporting the image. Am I correct? Any help would be appreciated.

mrneutron

Hi,
Please see this explanation of why dpi really doesn't matter.
http://dgrin.smugmug.com/Tutorials/Photoshop-Start-Here/UpscalingResampling-Badness/2996921_Sb4gQc/1
#1 in this help page.
http://help.smugmug.com/customer/portal/articles/93382

Thanks,

Andy K
SmugMug Support Hero

Cornflake

Thanks very much for the response.

Art Scott

The above tute shows someone using Photoshop to uprez (and it is an old tute...) ...I don't, I have always used Genuine Fractals and have gotten great results...Genuine Fractals is now Perfect Resize by OnOne software... PSCS6 might possible be able to do a good job now...but has not for me, others say it does...


So my philosophy is to change my dpi in photoshop to 300 (making sure the only box checked is the constrain proportions and make sure the resample box is NOT checked) then take into Genuine Fractals and uprez to the largest I want to print in the future. If the file is too big to upload to SM then down size a bit ... ... but when I print a 30x40 or 40 x 60 I do not want anyone to have to stand 3 or 4 or 10 feet back to see a print that is not grainy...

Good Luck

Cornflake

Thanks, Art.