Re: Default dpi

On 08/03/08, PageStream Support wrote:

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>>;>> ...I think the point is that there already is a default dpi but the
>>>>; traditional figure of 72 (monitor resolution) is no longer
>>>> suitable.
>>>>
>>;>>
>>;> Hmm. If so, I think it has less to do with what print shops expect
>>> than what our monitors expect.
>>;>
>>;
>>; It's the images. Typical images are several times as big as they
>;> were a
>> decade ago.
>;>
>>;
> This entire discussion centers around images which have faulty dpi
> information. You would think apps would write the correct information!
>
The usual thing is no dpi information, not wrong information.

> Maybe the right thing to do is make the default dpi a choice of two.
>; One for images less than say 1200x800, and another for images greater
> in size than that.
>
Say 80dpi for small images and 400dpi for large ones.

Regards
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Don Cox
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Don:

> The usual thing is no dpi information, not wrong information.

My experience (Windows) is that some applications will strip off that
information if you edit them. I used to use a freebie version of
PhotoShop and it did that. I think there was a way of changing that
behavior, but I wasn't aware it was happening until much later. These
days I only keep that copy on the computer for cases where I have to
deal with compressed TIFFs in its funky implementation. I'm sure there
are other programs that also strip it out of the files. But with digital
photos, I would expect that it is in the original camera file, probably
even in photos from your cell phone.

HB

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