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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.
 
 
Photo Enlargement Tips for Digital Photos:
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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Photo 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 tranparency.
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