help needed > developing digital photos.

ReiszRie · 4th February 2007

anyone knows of places which is able to develop digital sized photos (1024x768) with good quality?

i've been to a couple of Fujifilm developing outlets but the 4DSC prints are somewhat lacking in sharpness and accuracy, theres even significance difference between the photos developed from the 2 different outlets, one of them is acceptable but the other simply CMI.

So, i'm just wondering if theres any outlets around that has been tested and proven to develop good quality prints for digital sized photos.

thanks!

catchlights · 4th February 2007

Originally Posted by ReiszRie

anyone knows of places which is able to develop digital sized photos (1024x768) with good quality?

i've been to a couple of Fujifilm developing outlets but the 4DSC prints are somewhat lacking in sharpness and accuracy, theres even significance difference between the photos developed from the 2 different outlets, one of them is acceptable but the other simply CMI.

So, i'm just wondering if theres any outlets around that has been tested and proven to develop good quality prints for digital sized photos.

thanks!

your pixel size too small, to have decent 4R_DSC print, minimum 250 dpi is needed, so you need at least 1125x1500, best is to have 300dpi, 1350x1800

ReiszRie · 5th February 2007

Originally Posted by catchlights

your pixel size too small, to have decent 4R_DSC print, minimum 250 dpi is needed, so you need at least 1125x1500, best is to have 300dpi, 1350x1800

my photos are 300dpi but at 1024x768 for easier distribution.

so, what alternatives do i have?

do i need to PP my whole bunch of photos again in the above mentioned resolution?

ReiszRie · 5th February 2007

and also, is RGB or CMYK recommended for prints?

catchlights · 5th February 2007

Originally Posted by ReiszRie

my photos are 300dpi but at 1024x768 for easier distribution.

so, what alternatives do i have?

do i need to PP my whole bunch of photos again in the above mentioned resolution?

1024x768 for printing at 300dpi, the best you can get is in 2R print, 2½" × 3½"

Originally Posted by ReiszRie

and also, is RGB or CMYK recommended for prints?

use sRGB,
CMYK is for off set printing, the lab won't be able to open your file.

megaweb · 5th February 2007

As catchlights said, you need a min. resolution of 1350x1800 to print decent 4R_DSC prints.

To print 1024x768 resolution to photo quality (300 dpi), just divide 300 and you will get the size in inches

1024 x 768 / 300

= 3.41" x 2.56" only.

4th February 2007	#1
ReiszRie Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Marsiling Posts: 453	help needed > developing digital photos. anyone knows of places which is able to develop digital sized photos (1024x768) with good quality? i've been to a couple of Fujifilm developing outlets but the 4DSC prints are somewhat lacking in sharpness and accuracy, theres even significance difference between the photos developed from the 2 different outlets, one of them is acceptable but the other simply CMI. So, i'm just wondering if theres any outlets around that has been tested and proven to develop good quality prints for digital sized photos. thanks!

5th February 2007	#4
ReiszRie Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Marsiling Posts: 453	Re: help needed > developing digital photos. and also, is RGB or CMYK recommended for prints?

5th February 2007	#6
megaweb Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: East Posts: 8,106	Re: help needed > developing digital photos. As catchlights said, you need a min. resolution of 1350x1800 to print decent 4R_DSC prints. To print 1024x768 resolution to photo quality (300 dpi), just divide 300 and you will get the size in inches 1024 x 768 / 300 = 3.41" x 2.56" only.