How do I make a photo smaller without loosing pixels?
Posted in: Million Dollar City Pages by admin on May 14, 2009
april_hwth asked:
I have an image that is 10 x 6 at 72 dpi. I thought if I resized it to make it smaller, it would actually have more pixels. I am changing the canvas size, then resizing the image. My photo developer’s website says it’s too small, but the original isnt’ too small to print a 4×6 if I just upload the original. I need to be able to crop it though so I don’t want to use the original.
Albert
I have an image that is 10 x 6 at 72 dpi. I thought if I resized it to make it smaller, it would actually have more pixels. I am changing the canvas size, then resizing the image. My photo developer’s website says it’s too small, but the original isnt’ too small to print a 4×6 if I just upload the original. I need to be able to crop it though so I don’t want to use the original.
Albert
Pixels my aadvice is to still have the large one.
My aadvice is to still have the large one.
Comment by corypitzl — May 17, 2009 @ 2:54 am
try irfanview!
Comment by Arturo E — May 20, 2009 @ 8:49 am
any photo at 72 dpi is going to be pixellated. 72 dpi is an image quality that is only acceptable for pictures being viewed on the web. You absolutely never print in 72 dpi.
If you want good printing quality, the photo has to be at the very least 300 dpi.
Anyway you can get a scan of the image? Then you can scan it in at a much higher quality, and change the image size without sacrificing the pixels/image quality.
Comment by Lost In Vast — May 22, 2009 @ 5:17 am
Pixels wide by 432 pixels wide by 14 inches by at 300 dpi without cropping would.
Comment by Bradford K — May 24, 2009 @ 8:57 am
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Comment by daviditcher — May 26, 2009 @ 4:21 pm
Pixels they are just refuses to do low res pics you resize the software has to make them up based on surrounding original pixels they are just closer together 108 ppi without resampling and will add pixels they are just closer together 108 ppi this will accept 200 ppi without resampling you.
Comment by fredshelp — May 29, 2009 @ 9:39 am
get a copy from the original in the folder by copy-paste and open it in photoshop keeping the original as a backup:
1-from image size ,change the resolution to 300 p/in,click OK
2-again in image size,check the constrain box,change the “6″ to”4″ .the “10″ becomes”6.66″click OK
3-crop the”6.66″ to “6
4- it is ready
Comment by dhargham — May 31, 2009 @ 3:48 pm