I'm interested in this too. When I open a 6 Mb image in PS and click on
"image size", it comes up at 41"x27" and 72 dpi. I usually crop at a 8x10
ratio, resize to 8"x10" and resample to 300 dpi. Originally, it's about
3000x2000 pixels.

Why does PS default to such a large dimension (in inches)? My printer only
does 8x10, but I'd really like to get one blown up to that 41x27 sometime,
just to see what it looked like. I just resampled the original at 300 dpi
and it was something like 298 Mb and 12,000 pixels wide.

Also, I'm getting from this that the camera will only deliver a certain
limited dpi depending on the camera's MP. How does PS resampled dpi relate
to what the camera can deliver. Does it fake some pixels or something?

mike

"Scott W" wrote in message
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Just to be clear I am not saying that for a given size print 150 dpi
will look better then 300 dpi, far from it. What I am saying is that
for a given digital image printing at it 150 to 200 dpi will produce a
print that most people will enjoy looking at more then a smaller print
made at a higher dpi.

I should also point out that the amount of noise in a photo will
greatly effect the optimum size to print it at, more noise smaller
print. And of course it always help if the photo is in focus.

Scott