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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fred Kingston_RIP" data-source="post: 644731" data-attributes="member: 10742">What Sparky said is true... depending on your software... some are better than others... An example is Lightroom... To create a print... you first select the image, and crop the image, using their crop tool... <--this step is important, because LR lets you crop an image and maintain a specific aspect ratio... <-- The native pixel arrangement for a 35mm sensor is 8X12... Cropping to other sizes changes the aspect ratio... In our example here, let's assume an 8X10 final print, but we reduce the crop to 50%... Now when you create your print file, you can use various methods in LR, but for this exercise, we'll use the Export module... This is where we name the file, and location to export the file to, as well as the size of the image 8X10, and we can also define the density in dot/in... <-- this where you'd select for the output capabilities of your printer... and the resolution you want... If you're sending the results to a place like Nation's, then select 300dpi... if you're going to post the image on a social media site, then 72dpi is sufficient for viewing on monitors...You can also select from various file types... Jpeg, Tiff, etc... Depending on the size/resolution you've selected, depends on the size of the file you'll create... I like using TIFF when sending to Canon printers because I seem to get better color matching between my systems and my printers...I know... it's sort of backwards thinking, but, the final output device/size needs to be your Primary consideration in the post processing workflow...Cropping/sizing/aspect ratio is the first thing I do in my workflow...</blockquote>

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