standard sizes to make all print and digitals available to buyers

TerryP · January 8, 2007

I will assume from what I read in Help that the absolute smallest picture I can upload to make ALL print sizes and ALL digital sizes available to the public is 1920 x 1280 at 72dpi.

I just wanted to verify this factoid before I go through my entire site and replace smaller sizes with original sizes from my hard drive.

Thanks for the help.

Terry

Andy · January 8, 2007

DPI is meaningless. Upload that size though, and you'll be fine. Don't forget to set your galleries for PROOF DELAY

http://smugmug.jot.com/WikiHome/Pros

Pupator · January 8, 2007

72 dpi is a monitor (fake) dpi number. You'll want much more for it to print well (200-300 dpi unless you're printing huge).

Just upload the highest resolution you've got - no such thing as overkill!

TerryP · January 8, 2007

Pupator wrote:

72 dpi is a monitor (fake) dpi number. You'll want much more for it to print well (200-300 dpi unless you're printing huge).

Just upload the highest resolution you've got - no such thing as overkill!

But I thought 72 dpi didn't matter in the smugmug world. Don't the various printers smugmug uses resize and resample up to their needed dpi? I thought that's what I read in Help.

Terry

Andy · January 8, 2007

TerryP wrote:

But I thought 72 dpi didn't matter in the smugmug world. Don't the various printers smugmug uses resize and resample up to their needed dpi? I thought that's what I read in Help.

Terry

Upload all the pixels. We'll uprez as needed don't worry.

Forget about DPI. Upload your full-size files, don't downrez them is my recommendation. Read the piece on proof delay on the wiki, it talks about "smashing" your files...
http://smugmug.jot.com/WikiHome/Pros

TerryP · January 9, 2007

Andy wrote:

Upload all the pixels. We'll uprez as needed don't worry.

Forget about DPI. Upload your full-size files, don't downrez them is my recommendation. Read the piece on proof delay on the wiki, it talks about "smashing" your files...
http://smugmug.jot.com/WikiHome/Pros

So you are suggesting to reduce upload time, etc. by saving copies as JPG-7 and then when someone orders, replace the photo with an original JPG-8 or higher, correct crop and color, and ship?

Terry

Andy · January 10, 2007

TerryP wrote:

So you are suggesting to reduce upload time, etc. by saving copies as JPG-7 and then when someone orders, replace the photo with an original JPG-8 or higher, correct crop and color, and ship?

Terry

standard sizes to make all print and digitals available to buyers

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