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Question: I want to sell photographs on line but the companies keep rejecting them because they are 96 ppi not 300 ppi!.!?
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I see you have got loads of the wrong answers here, it has nothing to do with the camera, your computer, which I think is a Mac, is saving them at 96ppi because they are in Jpeg format, if you'd have used a PC it would save them at 72ppi!. These are the native base resolutions your computer uses to plot the picture to the screen!.

Any image manipulation software can alter this!.

Here is Fotolibra's recommendations,

http://gb!.fotolibra!.com/pdf/SubmissionGu!.!.!.

They have sold more of my pictures than any other site, by the way!.

Chris

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PPI can be changed in Photoshop!.

Go to Image in the top dropdown, then image size!. Untick the box that says Resample image and change the ppi to 300!.
When doing this however the image will lose some of it's sharpness, as when increasing the ppi the computer will fill in areas with what it thinks should be there!.
If the image to begin with is fairly sharp at 96 ppi changing it once shouldn't have too much of a noticable impact though!.
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Your camera is probably defaulting to 96ppi!. You just need to resize them at 300ppi in a program such as Photoshop!. You do NOT want to resample them!. Just change the resolution from 96 to 300!. The actual physical size of the photo will decrease when you raise the ppi number!. If you do not have the program to do that, then I don't know what to tell you!. If they demand 300, then that is what you have to provide!.

The MP of your camera has NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!. A low MP photo or a high MP photo can have either a 96 or 300ppi!. Even a 10 MP camera at it's highest resolution setting may still output the photo at 96ppi!. You cannot change what the ppi number in which the camera outputs!. You do this in a program such as Photoshop!. You will just be changing the photo size when you change the pixels per inch from 96 to 300!. It if began as a 10 MP photo, it will remain a 10 MP photo, it will just have smaller dimentions because you are "cramming" more of the pixels into a smaller space!. You are not adding or removing pixels, (at least you are not if you do not resample, which can hurt photo quality)!.

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Check the settings on your camera - you may find you just have it on a low resolution setting, which gives images suitable only for use on the web!. If you want to sell your photos to image libraries, they need to be at the very highest resolution possible, 300 ppi minimum!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Hiya

You need 300 dpi!. When you use less thatn 300dpi the pictures show up fuzzy in print!. They are okay on the web but not in print!.

It is basically the dots in that make up the picture!. The more you have in the picture the clearer the image!. The less you have the more bitty it becomes!.

If you have photoshop it is possible to resize the images but I am not an expert on taking pics and posting them just that I buy pics and know that 300dpi is what I need for leaflets etc!.

Do you know fotolia!.com!? you may get advice from there!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Use a higher resolution camera, ie 10 megapixel to get a great quality image!.

You're obviously using a cheap camera!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

pixels per inch in higher denomination make better pictures, this could be why!.Www@QuestionHome@Com