Re: [MOPO] Take your Best Shot ...

[JR]

Saul,   If you're not going to use an image manipulation program to resize your image (like Photo Paint, Photo Shop, or dozens of others), then 640x480 pixels with the finest quality setting is the best way to go for use on the internet and for auction pictures. With decent lighting on the poster, you can get a pretty good picture that will be large, but not so large that most computers and websites will choke on it. That's basically the resolution of a standard television picture.    That's not the truly best way to go, however. The best way is to shoot at higher resolution (still using fine quality mode), take the picture from the camera into your computer, open it in an image manipulation program and then resize the image down to something more manageable for auctions and web pages. The higher resolution of the original will be translated into the smaller image, resulting in much greater detail than you would get just going with a standard 640x480 right out of the camera. You can also use the image manipulation program to adjust the brightness and contrast before shrinking the original  down to help compensate for any lighting of the poster which may not have been ideal. But doing this requires an additional couple of steps that many people don't want to go through, and so 640x480 is the best option for them.   -- JR   ----- Original Message ----- From: Saul H. Chapman, Ph.D To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 19:55 Subject: [MOPO] Take your Best Shot ... Fellow MoPo-ites,   When you are taking digital pictures of posters so that you can include them in your eBay, Movieposterbid, etc. auctions, WHICH SETTINGS ON THE CAMERA do you use?  My guess is 640 x 480 at a superfine setting, but I might be wrong on this.  Obviously, those who want to hide blemishes to the poster might want even lower settings.  Anyway, what are your thoughts?   Medium 1 (1600 x 1200 pixels) Medium 2 (1024 x 768 pixels) Small (640 x 480 pixels)   Thanks in advance for any suggestions.   Saul Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.