All right, grasshoppers, print this out because it’s going to save you all kinds of time and trouble. Oh, and money. How many times have you been asked to send in a photo, “300dpi” or better… Thus leading you on a hunt to a) figure out what 300 dpi is, whether or not your photos possess this elusive quality (probably not; right-click and select Properties and you’ll see) and c) how to get your hands on one without bugging your publisher’s PR rep yet again….
People will tell you that you have to have “Photoshop,” an expensive RAM-hog program, in order to edit your digital photos. You don’t. You just need to go to www.irfanview.com and download their swift little free program. To convert a shot to 300dpi, right-click the photo. Select “Open With” and then select Irfanview. On the menu bar, select Image–>Resize/Resample and in the box that comes up, change the DPI to 300. You might also want to reduce the size in pixels, too. Et voila! Your photo is ready for print.
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Sounds simple enough.
Just curious though. . .this is probably a silyy question.
Ah, do the pixels go in size by small, medium and large
Or, is there a exact percentage you have to enter in order
to reduce them.
Sounds simple enough.
Just curious though. . .this is probably a silyy question.
Ah, do the pixels go in size by small, medium and large
Or, is there a exact percentage you have to enter in order
to reduce them.
I meant to say silly question.
I meant to say silly question.
Terri, I think they adjust automatically. The resize/resample option brings up a dialogue box that has lots of options to click. It’s pretty handy and user-friendly.
Terri, I think they adjust automatically. The resize/resample option brings up a dialogue box that has lots of options to click. It’s pretty handy and user-friendly.
Oh this sounds almost too good to be true. Thanks for sharing!
Oh this sounds almost too good to be true. Thanks for sharing!
Ifranview has been my only photo maniputlatioon tool for 3-4 years. I find that it does everything I have asked it to do.
It is one of those rare programs that works better than I expected it too …and you can’t beat the price!
Ifranview has been my only photo maniputlatioon tool for 3-4 years. I find that it does everything I have asked it to do.
It is one of those rare programs that works better than I expected it too …and you can’t beat the price!
You do need to qualify that IrfanView is a Windows-oriented application. This is not a problem with those who have Macs that are now Intel-based, but they still have to have XP or Vista to use it. FYI and to cut to the chase for those of us interested in the basic requirements…
You do need to qualify that IrfanView is a Windows-oriented application. This is not a problem with those who have Macs that are now Intel-based, but they still have to have XP or Vista to use it. FYI and to cut to the chase for those of us interested in the basic requirements…
Thank you, thank you!! Just sent a photo for inclusion in the Aug. issue of South West Art. Was like totally easy!!
Thank you, thank you!! Just sent a photo for inclusion in the Aug. issue of South West Art. Was like totally easy!!
thanks 🙂
or in Hebrew: TODA
thanks 🙂
or in Hebrew: TODA
Well, this is a perfect time to print this. I have heard of this on and off in the last few years and never seem to know what/how to do it. It’s worth printing and putting in my “I don’t know what to do with this” file! Now, it will just be a matter of finding this paper when I need it.
ThAnKs for sharing!
Well, this is a perfect time to print this. I have heard of this on and off in the last few years and never seem to know what/how to do it. It’s worth printing and putting in my “I don’t know what to do with this” file! Now, it will just be a matter of finding this paper when I need it.
ThAnKs for sharing!
Thanks for this excellent post. I was entering an amateur photography contest and did a Google search for “300dpi”; I’m so amateur I didn’t even know what that meant! It saved me a lot of time & headache, I’m sure. It was much appreciated, over a year from its original post date.
Thanks again,
Ami
Thanks for this excellent post. I was entering an amateur photography contest and did a Google search for “300dpi”; I’m so amateur I didn’t even know what that meant! It saved me a lot of time & headache, I’m sure. It was much appreciated, over a year from its original post date.
Thanks again,
Ami
You have saved my life. Well, maybe that’s a little melodramatic, but I’ve got a submission deadline and was freaking out about this 300 dpi thing… also found you through Google… thank you so much!!
You have saved my life. Well, maybe that’s a little melodramatic, but I’ve got a submission deadline and was freaking out about this 300 dpi thing… also found you through Google… thank you so much!!
hi there
My name is danny, i have a 3d render from a presentaion , which i need in 300 dpi, to print leaflets can this be done with this software
all i have is the video screen shot can this be done ?
thank you for yoru time
danny
hi there
My name is danny, i have a 3d render from a presentaion , which i need in 300 dpi, to print leaflets can this be done with this software
all i have is the video screen shot can this be done ?
thank you for yoru time
danny
thanks for your article – most helpfull thank you
thanks for your article – most helpfull thank you
Here again another Mac- artist person- that is asked to “send in photos in 300 dpi format”. I use a Mac OS X (Year old ) I need suggestions please, and thank you for your website.
Ellie
Here again another Mac- artist person- that is asked to “send in photos in 300 dpi format”. I use a Mac OS X (Year old ) I need suggestions please, and thank you for your website.
Ellie
Thank you so much! I had to resize a photo for my dad to be put in magazines all over the place and I was stressing about 300dpi as well. Found you through google and your help was much appreciated! (=
Thank you so much! I had to resize a photo for my dad to be put in magazines all over the place and I was stressing about 300dpi as well. Found you through google and your help was much appreciated! (=
thank you so much- invaluable information!!!
thank you so much- invaluable information!!!
Do they have this program for MACs??? If not can n e one recommend a similar Program for a mac? I need to convert low res to high res.
Do they have this program for MACs??? If not can n e one recommend a similar Program for a mac? I need to convert low res to high res.
Thank you so much! Very very very awesome 😀
Thank you so much! Very very very awesome 😀
Thank you soooooooooooo much!! Trying to submit to fotoblur magazine!!
Thank you soooooooooooo much!! Trying to submit to fotoblur magazine!!
YOU ARE AWESOME!!
YOU ARE AWESOME!!
Thanks so much, same as everyone else here….googled and found your tip….thanks alot….once I downloaded the program it was easy to change the DPI….
Thanks so much, same as everyone else here….googled and found your tip….thanks alot….once I downloaded the program it was easy to change the DPI….
thank you so much, I was suddenly asked by a magazine to send them few photos in 300dpi and I did a Google, saw your post as the first search result. Got my answers instantly. Thank you again! – Adi (www.perfios.com)
thank you so much, I was suddenly asked by a magazine to send them few photos in 300dpi and I did a Google, saw your post as the first search result. Got my answers instantly. Thank you again! – Adi (www.perfios.com)
yeah, i didnt realize this was just for PC, need it for a MAC-oh well!
yeah, i didnt realize this was just for PC, need it for a MAC-oh well!
Im confused about the pixel bit. and how many mega pixels should ur camera have if u wanna print it huuuge like billboard size, in 300dpi
i have a deadline and would appriciate help from any1
contact the billboard company you are leasing the space from; they should be able to guide you along… if not look up some of the other b.b. company’s and ask what you need there…
Im confused about the pixel bit. and how many mega pixels should ur camera have if u wanna print it huuuge like billboard size, in 300dpi
i have a deadline and would appriciate help from any1
contact the billboard company you are leasing the space from; they should be able to guide you along… if not look up some of the other b.b. company’s and ask what you need there…
Thank you so very much…!!!
Thank you so very much…!!!
Thanks for this – I am a digital newbie and needed this information quickly. Your post made the most sense and was the most useful. Thanks for the software tip, too!
Thanks for this – I am a digital newbie and needed this information quickly. Your post made the most sense and was the most useful. Thanks for the software tip, too!
I missed several opportunities to have my products in major magazines because I didn’t have 300dpi photos available. This is wonderful. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I missed several opportunities to have my products in major magazines because I didn’t have 300dpi photos available. This is wonderful. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i was up alnight trying to get an ad created before deadline, just to find out the next morning the file was not large enough to print. they gave me one more day to get this done. frantic, i goopled 300 dpi and came across your site. i downloaded this file and IT WORKED!!! now i’m good to go and my ad is going to look great. i do not usually leave feedback, but this was sooo important. thank you so much, terry b
i was up alnight trying to get an ad created before deadline, just to find out the next morning the file was not large enough to print. they gave me one more day to get this done. frantic, i goopled 300 dpi and came across your site. i downloaded this file and IT WORKED!!! now i’m good to go and my ad is going to look great. i do not usually leave feedback, but this was sooo important. thank you so much, terry b
Thanks Susan, you help and made it so easy. Wish everything in life was this easy. 🙂
Thanks Susan, you help and made it so easy. Wish everything in life was this easy. 🙂
Hi Susan,
Thank you for a concise helpful post on a topic that has for far too long been a bugbear of mine!
I noticed that irfanview is a windows only programme which is fine. However I would like to know if there is a similar application for us linux/mac users?
Kind regards, Andy
P.S. I enjoyed looking at the photo you have chosen to illustrate the item.
Hi Susan,
Thank you for a concise helpful post on a topic that has for far too long been a bugbear of mine!
I noticed that irfanview is a windows only programme which is fine. However I would like to know if there is a similar application for us linux/mac users?
Kind regards, Andy
P.S. I enjoyed looking at the photo you have chosen to illustrate the item.
thanks a lot for this information.
thanks a lot for this information.
Thanks a Million for this invaluable information! I needed to convert my product photos to 300 dpi, for inclusion in the May 2011 issue of Inventors Digest Magazine. This post was GREAT help!
Thanks a Million for this invaluable information! I needed to convert my product photos to 300 dpi, for inclusion in the May 2011 issue of Inventors Digest Magazine. This post was GREAT help!
This was a great Google find – thanks for this tool. It worked a treat!
This was a great Google find – thanks for this tool. It worked a treat!
Thanks. A blissfully simple solution.
Thanks. A blissfully simple solution.
wow.. u made it sound so simple..
the first time i have confidence without tryin it tht it wil work…
wow.. u made it sound so simple..
the first time i have confidence without tryin it tht it wil work…
Susan,
YOU ARE A LIFESAVER!!! Working on a book for which I thought about 100 photos were unusable because the publishing house said what I had was too small. You have no idea how happy I am. Thank you SO much for taking the time to write about this. I will pay it forward and pass this along.
Thank you again and best wishes in your endeavors!
P.S. Your name should be prominently on this site, no? It took me a while to figure out whose site this was! 🙂
Susan,
YOU ARE A LIFESAVER!!! Working on a book for which I thought about 100 photos were unusable because the publishing house said what I had was too small. You have no idea how happy I am. Thank you SO much for taking the time to write about this. I will pay it forward and pass this along.
Thank you again and best wishes in your endeavors!
P.S. Your name should be prominently on this site, no? It took me a while to figure out whose site this was! 🙂
Thank you very much for posting this information! It was truly helpful!!! 🙂
Thank you very much for posting this information! It was truly helpful!!! 🙂
yay!! thank you so much for this! i was major confused when asked to remit my picture at 300 dpi, and even though i still don’t fully understand it, lol, at least i can just resize the picture to the size that they want. =)
yay!! thank you so much for this! i was major confused when asked to remit my picture at 300 dpi, and even though i still don’t fully understand it, lol, at least i can just resize the picture to the size that they want. =)
This is just the information I was looking for!! After searching through so called ‘techy sites’ and not finding any easy to understand info or an easy way of doing this (for someone who doesn’t have photoshop), I found your post. Interestingly, I’m reading one of your books right now! Thanks Susan 🙂
This is just the information I was looking for!! After searching through so called ‘techy sites’ and not finding any easy to understand info or an easy way of doing this (for someone who doesn’t have photoshop), I found your post. Interestingly, I’m reading one of your books right now! Thanks Susan 🙂
Wow by a slim chance, nearly giving up already, I “stumbled” across your site. Needed 300dpi photos for travel catalogues and am under time constraint. Thank you and cannot stop looking at your site with all other interesting comments etc.
Ida from Namibia
Wow by a slim chance, nearly giving up already, I “stumbled” across your site. Needed 300dpi photos for travel catalogues and am under time constraint. Thank you and cannot stop looking at your site with all other interesting comments etc.
Ida from Namibia
Thank you Susan for sharing this information. I too found you on Google. After I read the useful post, I looked at the rest of the site and realized that I recognized your name because I have two of your books in my soon to read pile :).
Yay! Glad the post was helpful. Hope you enjoy the books!
Thank you Susan for sharing this information. I too found you on Google. After I read the useful post, I looked at the rest of the site and realized that I recognized your name because I have two of your books in my soon to read pile :).
Yay! Glad the post was helpful. Hope you enjoy the books!
Thanks Susan that was very helpful. Most digital pictures have the pixels sized for a comparative of 72 DPI in print. So, going from a large pixel picture to a book size photo is a matter of compression. My question is how to get an 8 Meg picture of a painting of 24in x 48in to print at 300 DPI in the same as the paining?
to downsize you will usually increast your dpi which is good… the higher your dpi the clearer the quality… (you can also have too much, which is kinda the same as zooming in…. all products are different. if you want it to hang on your wall, i would suggest going to costco (or your fav pic printing place) they will help you set to the correct dpi for what you are trying to accomplish (usually no charge)
Thanks Susan that was very helpful. Most digital pictures have the pixels sized for a comparative of 72 DPI in print. So, going from a large pixel picture to a book size photo is a matter of compression. My question is how to get an 8 Meg picture of a painting of 24in x 48in to print at 300 DPI in the same as the paining?
to downsize you will usually increast your dpi which is good… the higher your dpi the clearer the quality… (you can also have too much, which is kinda the same as zooming in…. all products are different. if you want it to hang on your wall, i would suggest going to costco (or your fav pic printing place) they will help you set to the correct dpi for what you are trying to accomplish (usually no charge)
what is mean by 300 dpi & extention of this file for signature scaning?
what is mean by 300 dpi & extention of this file for signature scaning?
Sorry to say it but using this technique is pretty much useless.
You may have changed the resolution to 300dpi but by doing this you only lowered the quality of the picture. If you make a 72 dpi image 300 dpi and print it you will see the quality is very low.
Sorry to say it but using this technique is pretty much useless.
You may have changed the resolution to 300dpi but by doing this you only lowered the quality of the picture. If you make a 72 dpi image 300 dpi and print it you will see the quality is very low.
Wow! Thank you, Susan. I am going to download this program now. I’ve never heard about it before and I like everything about pictures and photo editing.
Wow! Thank you, Susan. I am going to download this program now. I’ve never heard about it before and I like everything about pictures and photo editing.
THAAAAAAANK YOOOOOOOOOU.
THAAAAAAANK YOOOOOOOOOU.
Thanks so much for this!
Thanks so much for this!
Thank you SOOOO much for this. I had a Mac and was still able to use it after downloading another software called Winebottler. This really saved me, thanks against.
Thank you SOOOO much for this. I had a Mac and was still able to use it after downloading another software called Winebottler. This really saved me, thanks against.
its looking good, many thanks, however when you say “you might want to reduce the size in pixels too” – what does this mean and what do I reduce it to?
its looking good, many thanks, however when you say “you might want to reduce the size in pixels too” – what does this mean and what do I reduce it to?
Thank you so much for this post, it has been a great help to me 🙂
Thank you so much for this post, it has been a great help to me 🙂
Thank you soooo much! It drove me crazy until I found your message – job done in minutes.
Thank you soooo much! It drove me crazy until I found your message – job done in minutes.
thanks for your article – most helpfull thank you
thanks for your article – most helpfull thank you
thank you for posting this!!
thank you for posting this!!
Man…you are the best!!! 🙂
Man…you are the best!!! 🙂
Thank you for this blog! It totally helped.
Thank you for this blog! It totally helped.
thank you! it really helped. I entered the details, followed what you said and simply put me in a better spot in my job. So thanks a ton. 🙂
thank you! it really helped. I entered the details, followed what you said and simply put me in a better spot in my job. So thanks a ton. 🙂
Bless you my child!
Bless you my child!
Thank you for this. I couldn’t afford an artist for my book cover so I used this to convert to 300 dpi. Thanks again. Joan
Thank you for this. I couldn’t afford an artist for my book cover so I used this to convert to 300 dpi. Thanks again. Joan
Thank you for this little gem of information, exactly what I needed 🙂
Thank you for this little gem of information, exactly what I needed 🙂
What precisely seriously moved you to write âWe need a 300dpi photo « The View From Hereâ?
Iseriously liked it! Regards -Lavonne
What precisely seriously moved you to write âWe need a 300dpi photo « The View From Hereâ?
Iseriously liked it! Regards -Lavonne
Thank you SO much.
Thank you SO much.
THANKS A LOT FOR YR EXACT AND CORRECT INFORMATION, THAT WAS WHAT I WANTED TO UPLOAD MY PHOTO
THANKS A LOT FOR YR EXACT AND CORRECT INFORMATION, THAT WAS WHAT I WANTED TO UPLOAD MY PHOTO
Life saver!!! Now I can get on with self-publishing 😀
Life saver!!! Now I can get on with self-publishing 😀
Brilliant tip, thanks!
Brilliant tip, thanks!
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I’m just going to give it a go…. many many thanks – I was just looking at Photoshop and it was going to be about £500!
Thank you so much again – I will bookmark your site 🙂
I’m just going to give it a go…. many many thanks – I was just looking at Photoshop and it was going to be about £500!
Thank you so much again – I will bookmark your site 🙂
Thank you very much, it was really helpful 🙂 many thanks
Thank you very much, it was really helpful 🙂 many thanks
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I have gone into resize/resample put in 300 dpi clicked ok but nothing changed,what am I doing wrong?
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My pictures are 300 DPI, but when I e-mail them the recipient gets them at 72 DPI, I use Windows live mail using “original size” option to send pictures. Magazine requires 300 DPI. Help!!!. How do I avoid the resolution reduction?
My pictures are 300 DPI, but when I e-mail them the recipient gets them at 72 DPI, I use Windows live mail using “original size” option to send pictures. Magazine requires 300 DPI. Help!!!. How do I avoid the resolution reduction?
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