> It depends on the pixel dimensions - if the CD photos are only 360 px
> by 504 px ( which is 5"x7" at 72 DPI), you will not get very high
> quality prints. However, I suspect the CD photos are probably much
> larger - so you should resize them to 5x7 with software like GIMP and
> see what the re
>You might enquire of the place you take your film for processing whether
>you can specify the PPI of the processed images, in which case I would
>specify a ppi of 300 or more. If you cannot, and you have a scanner, you
>might be able to scan the negative on your scanner, and "develop" which
>
A. M. wrote:
> OK, thanks.
> I just wondered if the CD photos would have the right information - I read
> somewhere that the ppi. for photo printing should be about 200, the ppi. for
> my CD prints is 72.
You might enquire of the place you take your film for processing whether
you can specify t
>There should be no problem in getting a print but I suggest you ask them
>first to find out what they require the Gimp image to be saved on.
>
>Norman
>
>
OK, thanks.
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On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:47 PM, A. M. wrote:
> OK, thanks.
> I just wondered if the CD photos would have the right information - I read
> somewhere that the ppi. for photo printing should be about 200, the ppi. for
> my CD prints is 72.
It depends on the pixel dimensions - if the CD photos are on
> When I take my 35mm film roll in to my local photo lab for developing, I get a
> set of prints on CD. Can they print a 5 x 7 inch enlargement of one of these
> CD prints after I have made some changes with GIMP, or will they only be able
> to make a print from the negative (which I can't make c
OK, thanks.
I just wondered if the CD photos would have the right information - I read
somewhere that the ppi. for photo printing should be about 200, the ppi. for
my CD prints is 72.
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On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 21:16:40 +0100 (CET), A. M. wrote:
> When I take my 35mm film roll in to my local photo lab for developing, I get a
> set of prints on CD. Can they print a 5 x 7 inch enlargement of one of these
> CD prints after I have made some changes with GIMP, or will they only be able
>
When I take my 35mm film roll in to my local photo lab for developing, I get a
set of prints on CD. Can they print a 5 x 7 inch enlargement of one of these
CD prints after I have made some changes with GIMP, or will they only be able
to make a print from the negative (which I can't make changes to
