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Old 19-04-2008, 11:07 AM
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Converting RAW files help

Hi all,

Just trying to come to terms with processing RAW files. If I convert my Canon 400D RAW files to Tiff files using the Canon software Digital Photo professional, it asks for an output resolution in dpi. This can be between 1 and 60,000 according to the help menu. What resolution should I set it to? The higher the better?

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Old 19-04-2008, 01:07 PM
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Hi Craig

Here’s my quick and dirty set of rules:

Saving a colour photo for the web: 72 dpi.
Saving a scanned letter (text): 120 dpi.
Saving a photo to be processed then printed: 300dpi (very large file size)

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Old 19-04-2008, 01:47 PM
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Craig, I also use The Professional software from Canon to convert from raw to tiff, I always leave it at 350 DPI, and I feel this is just about right for me.

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Old 19-04-2008, 02:03 PM
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Dennis and Leon, thanks for the help. I'll set to work and try it out on some images I took last night.

Any thoughts on the best way of downsizing it after processing to a 200K JPEG for web posting after processing? Someone mentioned it before but I just can't find the thread.

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Old 19-04-2008, 02:43 PM
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Yep, if you happen to have Photo Shop 2 or 3 or even an earlier version.

Open photoshop.
go-to File, and then Open
Click on the image you want.
Go to Image on left hand top of tool bar
Click on image size.
type in 800 in width, the other dimension will auto calculate.
click OK.
Image will go to the left hand top of screen, and be very small.
Now click on file, and go down to Save For Web.
A window will open, and on the bottom left you will see the size of the image.
to change it to under 200kb's go to the right hand top of this window where you will see, the resolution status, as in High, Medium etc.
Choose the one that will give you the size under 200 kb's.

This usually gives you a pretty good result, alternatively you can change the size before you get to the last procedure and type in a smaller number, say 600, instead of 800, this will give you more latitude at the end.

hope this helps, but i suppose if you don't have PhotoShop, your buggered with this method.

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Old 19-04-2008, 03:18 PM
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Thanks Leon. I have CS3. Works a treat.

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Good to hear Graig, I don't usually give advice as I'm the one usually asking for it glad to help.

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