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Losing clarity in crop
I have a 2.3Megapixel camera. I want to make an 8×10 print. When I crop a section of the image and print it, the print is grainy. I crop at 8 x 10 by 300ppi.
Do you increase or decrease the image size by say 20% before you crop? Would this help the clarity?
I would assume Photoshop “stretches” the pixels when you crop a section of the photo and select an 8×10 print. What is the best way to keep clarity when cropping and printing??
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Count your total pixels…. if you are enlarging the image by cropping to a larger total pixel dimension.. you’ll have softening. You can also change your interpolation method in prefernces to bicubic sharper for enlargements or smoother for down converts.
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Try increasing the ppi of your digital files to about 600, so that when you crop at 300, your image has enough information to keep clarity.
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Hello All,
Rather than re-post, I thought that I would ask here before I
post anew.I have an “inverse” issue. I have scanned 35mm slides at 4000dpi.
I plan to print some of these at around 300 dpi or so.
So, am I enlarging the image, or making the image smaller?? I will guess
that as far as document size I am enlarging, and therefor should use
bicubic smoother for the interpolation. If I set bicubic smoother in the
image size dialog will the setting stay if I use the crop tool? It seems the setting is not maintained if I use the crop tool.One other question, I am slso using some of the slides for a video.
Which is 72dpi. I use pixel dimensions of 1260×720 – can I assume I should use bicubic smoother for this as well? I have the same question in terms of the crop tool vs. the image size dialog. i.e.If I set bicubic smoother in the image size dialog, is it saved when I use the crop tool?
Thanks again,
Eric
Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects, Photoshop
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