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My low resolution photos

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December 12, 2016
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I need advice on fixing a blurry portrait photos. I don't know how much amount, radius and detail or masking to edit. I have even tried the alt key when doing it. When we go to print the photos from a lab, it shows on the screen that they are low resolution and they print ugly. please help.

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Correct answer Per Berntsen

The reason of why i am redoing these photos is because they print with big pixels because they are blurry photos. Is that right? i normally select the glossy paper with high.

Blurry images will not lead to pixelated prints.

If you see pixelation in the prints, you have either exported with a low jpg quality setting (use 100), and/or reduced the size of the image. Make sure that Resize to fit under Image sizing in the Export dialog is unchecked.

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Alinaca

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Hi Jennycaa, thank you for sharing the Adobe official tutorial. I tried and it worked like a charm.

Todd Shaner

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We need to know what resolution the images are such as 2400 x3600 pixels and what print size you are trying to make. It would also help to know how these files were created (i.e. camera model, scanner, etc.).

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Alinaca

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Thanks~

Szalam

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Are you using Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, or something else?

(You've [inadvertently, I assume] posted this in The Lounge which is not for product support. If you let us know what software you're using, a moderator can move this thread to the appropriate, software-specific, support forum.)

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Todd Shaner

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The image is a little soft, but not all that bad, I think. The sharpest part is the near part of the brick wall, so it seems to be a focusing error, rather than camera shake.

It does improve a little with sharpening, see the screenshot below, which is at 1:1, and you can also see the sharpening settings.

I suspect that the image has also been sharpened in camera, which calls for careful sharpening in LR.

It's best to turn off sharpening in the camera, and sharpen in LR, where you have more control.

And always apply and evaluate sharpening at 1:1 view - amy other view will be inaccurate and misleading because of image scaling.

The image is not low resolution at all - it's 3456 x 5184 pixels, which will allow for an 11 x 17 inch print at 300 ppi.

Are you exporting from Lightroom with Resize to fit checked in the Export dialog?

The lens is focused is in "front" of the subject. To prevent this set your camera to use the central focus focus point if possible. Below are my suggested settings. As Per Berntsen mentioned the image file has sufficient resolution for an 11" x 17" print and even 16" x 20" print at slightly lower dpi. A full-size Export file for printing should show the same 3456x5184 pixel dimensions. Do not use 'Resize to Fit,' but do use Output Sharpening' set to the target paper type (Glossy, Matte) with Standard or High setting. The print should look fine!

(click on image to see full-size)

You can also add a Graduated filter to remove the Sharpening settings from the left brick wall area to make it less distracting. A -50 setting removes the Detail panel Sharpening and -51 to -100 adds "blur" if desired.

You can also apply this with the Radial filter tool.

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