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Enlargement Tips for Digital Photos and Film Photos
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Important notes about photo enlargement tips:
This section is designed to provide you with some
basic pointers on how to produce the finest quality
photo enlargement and digital photo printing possible
from your original photographic images. As with any
technical science, there are usually a number of methods
available to produce an end result, and digital photo
processing is no exception.
The photo enlargement tips we provide here are designed
for use with the advanced digital photo processing and
enlargement software we utilize. The tips we offer here
may not yield quality results with other digital photo
processing labs or printing services that use standard
processing and printing systems.
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Photo
Enlargement Tips for Digital
Photos:
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Digital
Photo Resolution:
The original resolution digital photo from the camera
should be used for photo enlargement and printing. Do not
resample, resize or interpolate the original digital photo
before photo enlargement and printing.
Finest
quality photo enlargements and prints will
be produced from the original, unresampled
digital photo from your camera. Of course,
the highest quality or resolution setting
should be used on your camera at all times
for the best quality prints. The higher
the original photo resolution, the larger
the photo enlargement and the finer detail
the photo print, even when printed small.
Many people believe resampling, resizing
or interpolating the original digital
photo file to a higher resolution (DPI),
say 300dpi, will produce a better quality
print. This is actually not the case. Each
time a digital photo is resampled, the
image pixels are rebuilt through the
editing software. The original image and
color data are "averaged" to
produce the new image, and are not the
true, original image. This will produce a
slightly "edgy" appearance which
may not be visible when printed small.
When the image is enlarged, it will become
very visible.
Our photo enlargement and image resolution
building is processed through very
advanced enlargement software. This
software is about 3-4 times more refined
than the bicubic resampling method used by
Photoshop. After we process a digital
photo through this software, the file is
sent to the large format printer by the
RIP (raster image processing) software.
This highly advanced image processing and
color management software then processes
the digital photo file to a resolution of
360dpi for print at a resolution of
2880dpi.
As you can see, the photo enlargement of
your digital photo should be left to us
for the finest quality photo enlargement
possible...and why not, it's FREE!
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Digital Photo Sharpening:
Do not sharpen your digital photo before photo
enlargement.
Sharpening
a digital photo has the same effect on the
image pixels as resampling the photo. You
do not want to sharpen the image before
photo enlargement as this will cause the
digital photo to create an
"edgy" or even slightly
pixelated appearance after the photo is
enlarged.
Sharpening a digital photo should be the
very last function performed on the file
before printing. We always sharpen a
digital photo enlargement before printing.
To get the very best results requires a
certain degree of experience. The effects
on various elements of the image need to
be weighed to determine the proper amount
of applied sharpening.
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Digital Photo File Types:
Which
image file type is best to use for photo
enlargement?
The
file type of the photo you would send for
photo enlargement does not really matter.
We can accept any standard image type file
and always convert the file to a .psd
format as soon as we download the photo
file.
There are a couple points that should be
mentioned here. You should not resave a .jpg
digital photo file more than 2 or 3 times
before sending for photo enlargement. Each
time a .jpg photo file is saved the image
color data is compressed which will
produce a very slightly lower quality
image.
If your digital camera has the feature of
capturing photos in the RAW or .tif file
formats, I would recommend using this
option. Raw photo files will capture a
wider range of color. The .tif file format
will capture more image data than the .jpg
format. Neither of these file formats will
compress the image color data when
resaving.
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Photo Enlargement Image
Quality:
What
is photo enlargement and prints with original
image quality?
Original
image quality is the precise appearance of
the original photo. To view your photo's
precise appearance, you should open the
digital photo in an image editing program
like Photoshop, and zoom in on the photo
to 100% magnification. This would be like
viewing the photo from an inch or so away,
and will be precisely how the photo
enlargement will print when the photo
enlargement maintains original image
quality.
When processing photo enlargement on
digital photo files, the image will
maintain original image quality up to a
certain size. Processing the file to sizes
larger will cause the photo to begin to
soften, or become less detailed. The photo
will not become pixelated unless the photo
is greatly over enlarged.
We will process your digital photo to the
largest recommended print size while
maintaining original image quality at no
charge. If you are requesting a print size
that is out of this photo enlargement
range, we will send you our recommendation
of the largest print size possible within
this range. If you still want the photo
printed larger than our recommended photo
enlargement, we will inform you of the
degree of image softening. This way, you
have a good idea of whether or not to
order the print of your photo.
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A Word About Monitors:
What
you see may not be what you get.
Probably the most important element in digital
printing, and the least thought of, is the computer
monitor. Unless your monitor has some sort of
calibration and color profiling applied and used with an
image editing software color management system, getting
prints that look like they did on the monitor is like
throwing dice. They may be close, but then again, they
may not. Even ambient temperature, humidity and lighting
conditions can affect how color is displayed on
monitors. So when enhancing and editing digital images,
a certain degree of care should be taken.
Most digital cameras and standard printing systems use
the sRGB color space. It is possible to set your monitor
to this color space, which will help to display images
more correctly when working with and enhancing your
digital images. If you need assistance with setting your
monitor, feel free to contact
us.
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Enlargement of Photographic
Prints:
The
size of photo enlargement possible from
photographic prints is directly related to
the size and actual quality of the print.
The larger the original print, the more
the photo can be enlarged without becoming
grainy in appearance. We can produce
larger photo enlargements from an 8x10
print than a 4x6 print. The printed
enlargement will appear precisely as the
original photo, only much larger. We can
scan photo prints up to 8x10 in size.
The actual quality of the photo print will
determine the quality of the photo
enlargement. You should take a very close
look at the photo you want to enlarge. If
it appears to be grainy or hazy in detail,
the photo enlargement will look exactly
the same way, only much larger. Best
results are obtained with newer, clear
prints that appear very clear in detail.
Gloss finish prints usually yield the best
enlargements. Textured or e-surface prints
will maintain the photo's surface
appearance in the scanned digital file.
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Photo Enlargement of Photographic
Negatives and Transparencies:
As
with photographic prints, photo
enlargement sizes possible from negatives
and transparencies is directly related to
the actual size of the original photo.
Again, best enlargement results are
obtained with newer originals that have
been cared for properly and are not
damaged.
The quality and clarity of negatives and
transparencies is hard to judge before
scanning the item. If you are considering
enlarging a slide, viewing the photo with
a slide projector will help determine the
quality of the photo. Although we offer
minor retouching included in the scanning
charge, often negatives and transparencies
will require additional retouching and
editing to produce a quality print. Extra
charges apply here and the amount of time
that may be required working on any
particular photo cannot be determined
before scanning the original negative or
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