Photos that didn't make it in the calendar. Go!

[Helga, Nimbus, Sierra, Clooney]

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Helga,

This is a wonderful photo.

I think though, that this photo may not have had the best resolution for printing. I looked at the metadata for this photo.

It was 72 resolution.. which may have been some of the problem.  All of the problem? Not so much the beautiful composition but the information was the downfall.  Resolution had to be a specific number...  I'll have to look up the exact cut off for the requirements but 72 is too low for printing 

Next year, come to the Photography Group and we can help... as a group. We work really hard in there for two months before we submit. 

Hope this helped you

[Nancy and Georgia Brown]

Hi Joanne,

Sorry, but I need to correct you. People get confused on this issue all the time.

DPI, or PPI stands for dots or pixels per inch. So if a file needs to be 200 dpi x 11.5  inches that is 2300 pixels. It's a calculation to help me determine if the file has enough resolution.

When preparing a file for print I don't care if it's 50 dpi or 400 dpi as long as my total pixel count is at least 2300. 

[Adina P]

I didn't know about this calculation, but I do know that most photos I got I changed from 72dpi to 200 ... That's just what I chose for all to be consistent.

[Joani, Skadi & Elli]

I do need some clarification on the photo sizes to submit.  I submitted my photos and then your e-mail said the they were not the right size...so I re-sent the exact ones I sent in the first place.  I do not want to have trouble next year with my submissions.  Any advice?

[Adina P]

I'm not sure what happened...but it did look like I accidentally deleted your original submission after saving it.  What I saved wasn't the full size so that is why I needed it again...couldn't find the original.  What I did find was too small.

[DJ & Chance]

I can only image what it is like to handle the volume of submissions you get.  Adina, you do a great job with this and I know that with so many wonderful images that narrowing down to your finally choices must be very challenging.

[Donna K & Quincy]

My two cents as I understand it.  Using the same photo you can print a much bigger copy at 72 dpi but the quality will not be as good as the same image printed in a smaller size at 200 dpi.

[DJ & Chance]

I've never really understood this.    The photo in question is 3048 x 2126 with a resolution of 300.  Calendar files need to be a minimum of 200 DPI at 11 x 8.5.  How do I calculate the DPI or even total pixel count for this image?

[Joani, Skadi & Elli]

This is the exact photo I submitted and then re-submitted from my original e-mail submits and was told the first submission was incorrect size...

[Cheryl and Finnegan]

Joani, an image has to be both the right size (8.5 x 11) and high resolution (for the calendar, 200 dpi or better).  As you change the size of a photo, the dpi changes.  

I looked at this photo in Image>Image Size in Photo Shop (which is easiest for me rather than calculating) and it's got enough pixels (418.9 dpi/ppi) at 11 inches but at 11 inches it's only 8.25 inches high not 8.5 inches.  So the resolution appears to be fine but the size is wrong.

You can also use the pixel dimensions to check.

A program like Photo Shop Elements will let you easily crop to the right proportion and check your ppi and total pixels.  

Also while the standard for a high quality print job may be a resolution of 200 dpi or better, the standard for the web is 72 ppi so a lot of email programs, and even some photography applications like iPhoto, compress our original high resolution photos to 72 ppi.  Your original may have been at 200 or more, but when it gets to Adina, it's only at 72 ppi.  Try using a GMail account which, as far as I know, does not compress photos to send calendar submissions.  Adina can correct me if I'm wrong :)  Hope this helps.   

[Joani, Skadi & Elli]

I will use my google e-mail next year.  I also want to look into PhotoShop Elements.  I have more to learn I see.  Thank you for the information...I truly appreciate the help.

[Adina P]

There is more wiggle room in the Lotsa...they are no longer 8.5 x 11 at that point and some are a few pixels taller/wider as needed...some get cropped as needed.  But to be safe, a photo needs to be at least that large as the main requirements.  The only time bigger is not better is if it is particularly wide where the important elements touch the edges...then it gets trickier in cropping.