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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 510836" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>The current 240 dpi is just a number stored in the file, which has no meaning yet. A new dpi number will be computed for the new paper dimensions.</p><p></p><p>There are two difficulties. Your 3648x2081 pixel image is very nearly 16:9 wide screen format, but you want a 20x18 print, which is more nearly (almost) a square shape. So to fit the paper SHAPE, you have to crop off quite a bit of the ends of the image, to be 2312x2081, which is then the same SHAPE as the 20x18 paper. Then only 4.8 megapixels, and the 2312 pixels / 20 inches will print at only 115 dpi. Probably will be OK, but it will be best viewed from a slight distance in the room, not up real close. A 10x8 inch print would print at 2x or 230 dpi, which is photo quality. You might want to print both sizes.</p><p></p><p>The image possibly may not allow that much cropping, not without cutting off a head or something. If you wanted to cut a mask for the frame, you can avoid cropping by printing on 20x18 paper, but call them with special instructions to fill the 20 inch dimension, and don't fill the 18 inch dimension (allow blank white edges, unprinted paper... print the full image area). This original shape will print 20x11.4 inches at 182 dpi. Then trim it and frame it with a mask cut to fit the image.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 510836, member: 12496"] The current 240 dpi is just a number stored in the file, which has no meaning yet. A new dpi number will be computed for the new paper dimensions. There are two difficulties. Your 3648x2081 pixel image is very nearly 16:9 wide screen format, but you want a 20x18 print, which is more nearly (almost) a square shape. So to fit the paper SHAPE, you have to crop off quite a bit of the ends of the image, to be 2312x2081, which is then the same SHAPE as the 20x18 paper. Then only 4.8 megapixels, and the 2312 pixels / 20 inches will print at only 115 dpi. Probably will be OK, but it will be best viewed from a slight distance in the room, not up real close. A 10x8 inch print would print at 2x or 230 dpi, which is photo quality. You might want to print both sizes. The image possibly may not allow that much cropping, not without cutting off a head or something. If you wanted to cut a mask for the frame, you can avoid cropping by printing on 20x18 paper, but call them with special instructions to fill the 20 inch dimension, and don't fill the 18 inch dimension (allow blank white edges, unprinted paper... print the full image area). This original shape will print 20x11.4 inches at 182 dpi. Then trim it and frame it with a mask cut to fit the image. [/QUOTE]
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