Okay, I am now starting to get my head around printing. I want to get some of my images printed and see what they're like and see see how it affects how I shoot.
I would like to use a site like Sam's Photolab or more likely DCSL as they're based near the town I work at.
Okay I have a 450D and shoot RAW - 300DPI / 16bit. I use Adobe Raw and Photoshop CS3.
Default image resolution is 4272 - 2848 pixels. This equates to 14.24 - 9.493 inches. Obviously that doesn't go into the standard sizes that various labs offer.
For example I have an image with the dimensions above. However, I want to crop it to improve the composition. This means I end up with an image with the following dimensions:
3600 pixels wide - 13.493 inches
1730 pixels high - 6.14 inches
Now I want this image to be in a decent sized. I want it to be 12 or 18 inches wide and whatever the height is. For this example going to use 18 inches which brings us to the maximum amount of pixels advised on the same photolab site - 5600pixels wide. To achieve this I simply use the image size tool in photoshop and use bicubic smooth to make the enlargement the best it can be.
I then revert the image to 8bit depth to enable to save it as jpeg and save.
I then upload the image to the Sams or DCSL website and see how it all fits in the frames. Of course the height of this image may not be available so I choose a size that is 18 inches wide and an inch or two above what my height is. This leaves white space, but I simply cut that when I receive the images.
What I like to know, apart from if the above makes any sense whatsoever, is have I got the general process correct?
I would like to use a site like Sam's Photolab or more likely DCSL as they're based near the town I work at.
Okay I have a 450D and shoot RAW - 300DPI / 16bit. I use Adobe Raw and Photoshop CS3.
Default image resolution is 4272 - 2848 pixels. This equates to 14.24 - 9.493 inches. Obviously that doesn't go into the standard sizes that various labs offer.
For example I have an image with the dimensions above. However, I want to crop it to improve the composition. This means I end up with an image with the following dimensions:
3600 pixels wide - 13.493 inches
1730 pixels high - 6.14 inches
Now I want this image to be in a decent sized. I want it to be 12 or 18 inches wide and whatever the height is. For this example going to use 18 inches which brings us to the maximum amount of pixels advised on the same photolab site - 5600pixels wide. To achieve this I simply use the image size tool in photoshop and use bicubic smooth to make the enlargement the best it can be.
I then revert the image to 8bit depth to enable to save it as jpeg and save.
I then upload the image to the Sams or DCSL website and see how it all fits in the frames. Of course the height of this image may not be available so I choose a size that is 18 inches wide and an inch or two above what my height is. This leaves white space, but I simply cut that when I receive the images.
What I like to know, apart from if the above makes any sense whatsoever, is have I got the general process correct?