Problem with Print Size and Adobe Photoshop

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Apr 2, 2006
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I’m new to digital photography. Last year, I was given a Canon Power Shot A510, which has a maximum 3.2 megapixel capacity. I finally used it a few months ago when we had some visitors, and I was surprised at the quality of pictures I got. I have an old Canon S600 color printer, and, while my guests and my wife were out, I printed several 8X10 pictures of the visit — again of surprising quality (better than some I’ve gotten from film prints). Anyway, that whetted my appetite for a camera that would produce images in finer detail. I also wanted a camera that was even more compact than the Canon.

A few days ago, I bought an Olympus Stylus 720. It’s small, and in its high definition mode will make 7.2 megapixel pictures. That’s fine, but I have a problem with the size of the pictures I can print with it.

Using Adobe Photoshop, the Canon will make unedited prints that are larger than 8X10 at 180 pixels per inch. The Olympus, even with its greater megapixels, will only make prints that are less than 8X10 (about 7X9), at 314 pixels per inch. If I try to adjust the pixels per inch, it reduces the megapixels, but makes no difference to the size of the Adobe print. What is going on? Why can’t I produce much larger prints with the Olympus than the Canon?

Thanks for your help.

Wexford
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Tacit
Apr 2, 2006
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"t1gercat" wrote:

Using Adobe Photoshop, the Canon will make unedited prints that are larger than 8X10 at 180 pixels per inch. The Olympus, even with its greater megapixels, will only make prints that are less than 8X10 (about 7X9), at 314 pixels per inch. If I try to adjust the pixels per inch, it reduces the megapixels,

When you use the Image Size command, you will see a check box that is labelled "Resample Image."

In English, "resample" means "change the number of pixels." To do what you want to do, make sure you TURN OFF (uncheck) "resample image."

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t1gercat
Apr 2, 2006
tacit wrote:
In article ,
"t1gercat" wrote:

Using Adobe Photoshop, the Canon will make unedited prints that are larger than 8X10 at 180 pixels per inch. The Olympus, even with its greater megapixels, will only make prints that are less than 8X10 (about 7X9), at 314 pixels per inch. If I try to adjust the pixels per inch, it reduces the megapixels,

When you use the Image Size command, you will see a check box that is labelled "Resample Image."

In English, "resample" means "change the number of pixels." To do what you want to do, make sure you TURN OFF (uncheck) "resample image."

Thanks. It works well. I’ve been using photoshop for years, mostly for web graphics, and I should have known that would do it.

Thanks again,

Wexford

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