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8 x 10" at "Good Quality" and "Excellent" Quality

Digital File Sizes • Digital Image Chart

The example below illustrates how many pixels your digital file should have if you want a "Good" quality 8 x 10" canvas print.
An "Excellent" quality would be the yellow highlighted areas.
Print Quality
Fair
Good
Excellent
Some info on image resolution:
Size to Print
(width or height)
Number of Pixels Required
It is important that you have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (dots per inch) for any image you send us.

If you can make it higher - all the better! This is definitely a time when "Bigger is Better!"

In fact, when it comes to printing the larger pet portraits at 24 x 36, we often scan in photos at 1200 dpi!

Something to note is the difference between "Screen Resolution" and "Printing Resolution.""Screen resolution" is the number of pixels needed to display an image on a computer monitor ... usually around 72 dpi (Mac) & 96 dpi (PC)).

Print resolution is the number of pixels needed to display an image to be printed with ink on paper. It is much higher. A standard request by most printers, is a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.Take a look at the following examples: The image below will print great at 300 dpi...

300dpi


If we use a 72 dpi of the same image...which looks good on the monitor (just below)...

72dpism

and then enlarge it to print...


72dpi

It WILL be blurry!...

1"
72
150
300
2"
144
300
600
3"
216
450
900
4"
288
600
1200
5"
360
750
1500
6"
432
900
1800
7"
504
1050
2100
8"
576
1200
2400
9"
648
1350
2700
10"
720
1500
3000
11"
792
1650
3300
12"
864
1800
3600
13"
936
1950
3900
14"
1008
2100
4200
15"
1080
2250
4500
16"
1152
2400
4800
17"
1224
2550
5100
18"
1296
2700
5400
19"
1368
2850
5700
20"
1440
3000
6000
21"
1512
3150
6300
22"
1584
3300
6600
23"
1656
3450
6900
24"
1728
3600
7200
25"
1800
3750
7500
26"
1872
3900
7800
27"
1944
4050
8100
28"
2016
4200
8400
29"
2088
4350
8700
30"
2160
4500
9000
31"
2232
4650
9300
32"
2304
4800
9600
33"
2376
4950
9900
34"
2448
5100
10200
35"
2520
5250
10500
36"
2592
5400
10800
You may be tempted to increase the size in a software program like Photoshop, but in actuality you are not adding relevant data. What photoshop does, is called "interpolation".

Interpolation means the computer is calculating the amount of missing pixels and adding copies of the original pixels. Computers do not add new data to your image, they basically "fill in the gaps." What you invariably end up with is a jpeg image that is 300 dpi, but extremely blurry.

How to overcome this problem? Make sure to use your camera's highest settings. You may not be able to shoot & store as many shots on your flash card as your regular settings, but at least you will be able to correctly print those once-in-a-while amazing shots you might get.

If all of this confuses you, don't be alarmed. You are not alone. It is hard to keep up with the lightening changes taking place in technology!

Simply send us whatever you have and we'll give you the scoop on whether your image is workable or not.

In many cases when can use certain filters to "grab" the key lines of your pet photo and do an abstract or comic art portrait.

We always give it our best shot!

You can always snail-mail the actual snapshots to us, and we will scan them at the proper resolution for you.