Importing digital photos into a corel file. 1

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I have a digital photo which I would like to import into a corel file. I find when I print this file, the photo is not as crisp and clear as I would like. What settings should this photo be on. It is saved as a jpeg.

 

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You may have to import it into Photopaint first. Most digital cameras default the resolution to 72 dpi, even if the image is enormous. We have a Sony 3.3 megapixel, and at the standard sizes the image is over 11 X 17, sampled at 72 dpi. So, if you go into paint, click image->resample-> and change the resolution to about 150 - 300 dpi. Be sure the "Anti-alias" and "Maintain aspect ratio" boxes are checked. The maintain original size check box can be helpful for getting higher res, smaller sized pix. But it can have adverse effects as well, so you may try it both ways (copies of course) - one with and one without that check box.
If you find that this doesn't do much to improve the quality of the image, make sure that you aren't scaling the image up when you are inserting it into layout. Sometimes, wierd things happen when you have an image that has already been down-sampled, then you resize to a larger image. Sometimes you can never get it as clear as it was at lower reolution. It is best to start with the image straight from the digital camera, and make any adjustments from that picture. If you are just trying to make the picture bigger, use the Image Size fields, and forget the resolution. Try that in hard print, and see if that gives the effect you are looking for. If it is still fuzy, tryi resampling the resolution next. Also, if your camera is a little older and has than 1.3 megapixel count, you are going to be hard pressed to make a larger pixel count image from what you are starting with. If you are going down in size, you can use the crop tool to get rid of all the extraneous background info, then resample to a higher resolution. Just note, you can't do miracles with this, you can't make chicken salad out of chicken...stuff... But you can usually get enough image quality out of something to make a presentable hard copy.

HTH
Russell

 

[Guest_imported]

Hey, thanks for the help, I will try that.