Can I change the dpi?

Our local paper says, "Please be sure electronic photos are scanned at
200 dpi with a width of at least 3 inches."

I use a sony and it saves in jpg format. I use Irfanview to view
them. Can i use Irfanview to convert the files to 200 dpi and if so,
how?

Our local paper says, "Please be sure electronic photos are scanned at
200 dpi with a width of at least 3 inches."

I use a sony and it saves in jpg format. I use Irfanview to view
them. Can i use Irfanview to convert the files to 200 dpi and if so,
how?

Interesting as dpi really means little or nothing except to a printer.

I would suggest making sure the image is at least 600 pixels wide.


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Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

Andy wrote:
Our local paper says, "Please be sure electronic photos are scanned at
200 dpi with a width of at least 3 inches."

I use a sony and it saves in jpg format. I use Irfanview to view
them. Can i use Irfanview to convert the files to 200 dpi and if so,
how?
Yes. Chose-Image, Resize/Resample, DPI set to 200. If you want an image
600 dots wide just use- set new size, width 600 pixels, preserve aspect
ratio.

"Andy" wrote in message
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Our local paper says, "Please be sure electronic photos are scanned at
200 dpi with a width of at least 3 inches."

I use a sony and it saves in jpg format. I use Irfanview to view
them. Can i use Irfanview to convert the files to 200 dpi and if so,
how?

I don't understand why printers can't simply ask for a straight pixel count;
asking for images this way confuses most people. All they want is an image
that's at least 600 pixels on the long edge.

Mark

It's a newspaper. It is a printer. It's a really, really big printer.


Joseph Meehan wrote:
Our local paper says, "Please be sure electronic photos are scanned at
200 dpi with a width of at least 3 inches."

I use a sony and it saves in jpg format. I use Irfanview to view
them. Can i use Irfanview to convert the files to 200 dpi and if so,
how?

Interesting as dpi really means little or nothing except to a printer.

I would suggest making sure the image is at least 600 pixels wide.


--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

That's how we do it...but then...they asked me what we needed. I say at
least 800 pixels on the long side. But, if I know how we will use it I might
ask for more. For what I submit I like 300 ppi...but I don't like
downloading other people's work enough to ask for that much. 300 ppi is a
bit of overkill but sometimes I make them bigger than planned to fill space.
I would be nervous about stretching 200 ppi .

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Thanks,
Gene Palmiter
(visit my photo gallery at http://palmiter.dotphoto.com)
freebridge design group

"Mark B." wrote in message
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"Andy" wrote in message
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Our local paper says, "Please be sure electronic photos are scanned at
200 dpi with a width of at least 3 inches."

I use a sony and it saves in jpg format. I use Irfanview to view
them. Can i use Irfanview to convert the files to 200 dpi and if so,
how?

I don't understand why printers can't simply ask for a straight pixel
count; asking for images this way confuses most people. All they want is
an image that's at least 600 pixels on the long edge.

Mark

"Andy" wrote in message
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Our local paper says, "Please be sure electronic photos are scanned at
200 dpi with a width of at least 3 inches."

I use a sony and it saves in jpg format. I use Irfanview to view
them. Can i use Irfanview to convert the files to 200 dpi and if so,
how?

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Andy wrote:
Our local paper says, "Please be sure electronic photos are scanned at
200 dpi with a width of at least 3 inches."

I use a sony and it saves in jpg format. I use Irfanview to view
them. Can i use Irfanview to convert the files to 200 dpi and if so,
how?

I think when the say 'scanned' they mean using a scanner. Local papers
don't normally print in color, so I would scan at 200 dpi gray scale.
I'm sure a phone call would be better than have this group make guesses.
Dave Cohen

Andy wrote:
Our local paper says, "Please be sure electronic photos are scanned at
200 dpi with a width of at least 3 inches."

I use a sony and it saves in jpg format. I use Irfanview to view
them. Can i use Irfanview to convert the files to 200 dpi and if so,
how?

Your local paper is a bit unliterate concerning scans.
Scans are in pixels per inch - ppi - not dpi. At least they
aren't expecting scans at 600 ppi, which seems ot be a
common requirement of publishers, and is quite too much for
all but rhe very best printing processes, as in art magazines.

Really helpful answers. Thanks to everyone.