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katelyns16674892
katelyns16674892
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September 23, 2015
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how to crop without losing resolution

  • September 23, 2015
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I took some family photos using my tripod and when I edit and print them the resolution is extremely low. so low the kiosk I printed at warned me.

using Nikon D7000 with 35 mm prime lense. so not a cheap set up.

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tmyusuf74
tmyusuf74
Inspiring
June 5, 2018

You could try Crop Tool with Content-Aware function is the best solution in Photoshop Version: 19.1.1 or later. This is an automated procedure Photoshop calculate itself to make the size bigger or lower without losing quality.

  

F. McLion
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F. McLionCommunity Expert
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June 5, 2018

tmyusuf74​, did you note that you answered to a 3 years old question

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dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
September 23, 2015

You need to provide more details.

How big did you print the photo at?

How many pixels (width and height) was the cropped photo?

katelyns16674892
katelyns16674892Author
Participating Frequently
September 23, 2015

‌original dimensions 4928x3264 cropped 3601 x 2385

katelyns16674892
katelyns16674892Author
Participating Frequently
September 24, 2015

>Image sizing I left on the default width & height,

That's the problem. You need to either turn off the scaling, or you need to scale to the exact right resolution needed for how large you want to print. You can specify the size in inches and then enter 300 in the resolution field if you scale. If you scale, make sure to specify the output sharpening for the type of paper you want to print on for the very best results. The settings trshaner shows are what you want. The resolution of your cropped file is more than enough for a good print.


ohhhh ok. Thank you sooooo much!! Can you explain what scaling is and what it's used for? Thanks again!

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