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Originally Posted by Eero Makela
I leave the resolution field Blank and only set the size 8 x 10 or 11 x 17
I let the photo lab handle the ppi
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Yep. Their RIP software beats the snot out of PS.
Stephanie,
You're losing quality when you capture your images in JPEG. JPEG is a print image format, not a capture image format.
If you have a 10 MP camera, JPEG immediately throws away 3/4 of those pixels. The camera recorded them but you never see them, and you start with about 2.5 MP left to do any editing on. To me, that's like going to the gas station putting 10 gallons of gas in your vehicle and then draining 7 1/2 gallons out onto the ground before you drive away.
JPEG has fewer colors because it only has an 8-bit color depth, not the 16-bit color depth that capture formats have. RAW and TIFF are capture formats. They retain all the image data the image sensor recorded. Post processing with the larger data files gives you more control when editing.
Converting to JPEG should really be the very last step in your image processing workflow.
If you're willing to consider making a change check out all the benefits of capturing your images in RAW or TIFF. Your camera may not offer either choice. RAW is the more common format offered and the one most pro's use.