my camera takes the best is up to 31.56 x 21.11 inches with resolution of 72. this is in jpeg. I can put this in a photoshop and bring the resolution to 300. Is this good or no. the reason I asked it that I been to a art couisle and join them for $50 a year. just to see what going on and two of them I talk too[the only two] say i should get my art blow up bigger. I went to some art gallerys around town and they say the same . I told those people I just use the 8x10 for the porforil you know. I do go to a place I know that do these things for a collage teacher told me one time where to go and that is the place he goes to get his large paintings scaned lol. I went there and had three of done one photo and two bryce images. they came out looking good . But I was wondering if I can do better. I know the bryce I have tio render bigger. They camoe out looking real good too. Oh I brought them in tiff files to be enlarge. Plus they just use four colors. Plus this cost me $15 each so with taxes and all $just over $48. and they printed it on a matt paper. I did not think for a gloss paper or if they can do it in a gloss. what do you all think is that high or can I sent my art to be blow up somewheres to print. I just got dail up and it would take forever to load a 5 m or more file lol some would be 31 m

Now I got to get them matted and framed I got a contest to enter at the art club I joinded. I be makeing my own matts and got to buy a fram for each have to be under glass and hang with wire in back. all I get if I win is a big ribbon and i think my name in the local paper. maybe selling if someone wish too lol they saythey help me price them. I have no ideal on priceing

Attached Link: http://stores.ebay.com/Large-Prints-of-YOUR-Digital-Photos_Satin-Artist-Canvas-Prints_W0QQcolZ2QQdi

oh that link will go to other sizes I was just looking and did not notes when I copy and paste the link please look around in that link

Actually just changing the resolution to 300 doesnt work.... what you need to do in Photoshop is UNCHECK the "Resample Image" box under Image size in the Image Menu. Based on the size of your image- that would be a 5x7 at 300dpi or an 11x7.5 at 200. A 16x24 (based on those proportions) would be less than 100dpi- which usually isnt recommended for printing.

how to get the image to look good at 18x24?

It looks like you either need a higher MPix rated camera (8MPix or above) or see if your current camera has a higher setting that would give you a 3600x4800 dpi image (or 50x66.67 in at 72 dpi) minimum.

I got a Sony cyber-shot 4.0

lol

If I recall correctly.... that's a 4MPix camera.... good for an 8x10 or maybe 11x14.

how do I get it that big. I set it on the hightest on the menul that I see on that little screen on back of the camera

it 2274x1528dpi images

That would give you an 11x7.5 inch (approx) at 200dpi.... going larger than that would really be pushing the quality of the image. If you check with most services, they will tell you what pixels you need to be for an 18x24 (probably a minimum of 3600x4800 dpi). You could try an image that large (18x24 in) but you probably will not be happy with the quality.

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=944776&Start=1&Artist=jocko500&ByArtist=Yes

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=944776&Start=1&Artist=jocko500&ByArtist=Yes

got to go to bed then to work be back tomorrow but please leave a note to help me.

You can resize it with a professionnal resizing software as shortcut photo zoom wich has otions for the best way to enlarge depending on the type of rendering we need (crisp , smooth)..it works fine...if your original file is not noisy or having jpeg artifacts wich sould be clean first!

Attached Link: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/und_resolution.shtml

& here is a chart Michelle worked up
comparing megapixels & acceptable print size

That is something new to me DM...about the "uncheck Resample" That takes it off bicubic...so what exactly does this do to help image resizing? Maybe I could get better prints?

I believe unchecking the resample, does nothing to the image. It does allow you to change the resolution and see what size the image would be at that DPI. I could be wrong here, so DM correct me if I am wrong. Resample actually changes the pixels, while unchecked nothing is actually changed in the image.

fron the luminous landscape link: (Resample Image) "If you check this box it decouples the locked relationship between Width and Height and Resolution and allows you to set them separately. If you turn this box on by checking it you can make the image any size at any resolution you like "Well", you might say, "That's pretty useless. What's the point"? Actually, if done in moderation this technique can allow you to make prints larger than your original image would normally allow. The reason for this is that a large print is viewed from a greater distance than is a small one and therefore the effect is masked."

thanks for your help

click on the link for Genuine Fractals. and I did not see it lol but that be a old plug in now. I going to look around the net to see what what on this typy of plue in.

In regards to comment 20.....
randy- you are right- PLUS it resizes the image to that especially for printing.
But what it does is keeps the pixels the same, but just resizes the image to your given pixels per inch.
For example (just to keep it simple for math sake) if you have a 720x720 pixel image at 72 pixels per inch, it would be a 10x10 inch image. Now when that box ix unchecked- and you just say enter 5" as the size, it would change the pixels per inch to 144 -OR- if you change the pixels per inch to a printable setting (let's just say 240 for math sake) you would have a 3x3 inch image. This way the "content" of each pixel is unchanged- only the size is different. If you keep tha box checked, and just say you increase the pixels per inch, all you are doing is dividing & duplicating the pixels.

**Important note about comment 22...**Cyn the box that you are referring to is the "CONSTRAIN PROPORTIONS." That is the box that allows you to change the height & width independent of one another. It is totally different from "Resample Image."

ok... was just quoting what it said in the link about the resample image box, but may not apply here

Attached Link: http://www.downseek.com/download/30719.asp?download=1

I do not know myseft lol maybe some one will know

jocko500...I just reposted that message. It is the same one, but I just proofread it so I could make a few more grammatical errors here... I don't print much, but I'm glad I read this posting because it's a subject that I recently read about in a magazine, and it's been on my mind. I guess unchecking the resampling box, and changing (if necessary) the resolution to 300 pixels will result in the best quality print. Even so, I just did a print w/o unchecking the resample box, changing the resolution to 300, and only slightly enlarged the document print size prior to printing. I assume over enlarging a digital image image under the conditions of engaged resampling would produce similar results as using a 12X digital zoom or wearing your grandma's prescription reading glasses. My slightly enlarged print looks pretty good except the color was not quite identical to what was on my monitor. Perhaps it has something to do with the PS6 print settings in the print dialog box, but I have no idea. These are the specific settings I have in mind: Document: untagged RGB, or Proof Setup: Photoshop 5 default CMYK(+ print space options). Typically I use the former because that's the default here. -Jeff :-)