From: "Walter Holt" <locnleave@xxxxxxxxxxx> >I think I will be using the extra > fine JPEG quality setting at an image size of 2560 x 1920 which > according to my owners manual will give me a file size of 4,920KB per > image. > > My questions are: > 1. What is the largest size print that can be made which will look good > from a 4,920KB image? forget the size of the image and think in pixels. Printing is generally done at a setting of around 300 ppi. work on this number, it makes life easier for the time being.. your long side is 2560 pixels so divide that by 300 and you get 8.5 inches your short side is 1920 soi divide that by 300 and you get 6.4 inches the reason you print at 300 ppi (pixels per inch) is that the the eye can't discern the difference between dots and continuous tone under close scrutiny at this setting. If you has fewer dots per inch, the eye would see dots, more dots per inch won't make it look any more continuous, and the loss in image size would offer no benefit. > 2. Can I make copies of selected images at a smaller size using > Photoshop Elements so I can send them as email attachments or maybe > place them on the web? of course! Just resize them down, forget dpi in this instance as it's irrelevant, concentrate again on the pixels. most screens are set to 600 x 800, some bigger of course, but on the whole 600x800 resolution is what you'lll find the average people have there monitors set. In this instance, if you want to have the image viewed whole, all on the screen at once without scrolling then the maximum width you want the pics set at is 800 pixels, conversely if the image is taller than wide then the maximum height you want is 600 pixels. resizing your pics smaller is fine too, you just need to think what the images intended use is. may I suggest you go to www.irfanview.com and download irfanview? - it's a rather nice, fast image processing program that's free, fast and does an excellent job at image resizing. it's PC only though. you also have the ability to 'batch' process, where you can set all the images you want to resize into a folder and have the program quickly resize them all to your chosen setting. hope this helps k
