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Re: Is this how pixels and dpi work?

2016-05-11 by michael3442@...

I fully agree with Peter Marshall. And I'll add, unless you're a high-end photographer/printer, forget all the nonsense about the terribly degrading effects upsizing an image will create. Do a little experimenting on your own. I have several digital cameras including a 6 mp point and shoot from a dozen+ years ago. I particularly liked one of the vacation pics taken on this camera and decided to work it up in PS. When finished, I resized it to 20x30 inches, sharpened it, and had a poster made at Walgreens (!). It's great and is very hard to distinguish from the image on my calibrated monitor. (BTW, at my Walgreens they have a large format Epson printer using K3 inks, prints are made on Fuji Crystal Archive paper.)

The most important thing I've learned in photography is to confirm widely held opinions with my own testing. Most folks just follow the chatter and soon the chatter becomes the gospel. Test for yourself.

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