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How to set a DPI higher than 300 when uploading images to PS CC 2020 from SD card

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When uploading images from an SD card in PS CC 2020, what is the highest DPI the original images can be and how to set that preference.  I used to be able to transfer at a high DPI, then after editing/cropping I would change the DPI to 300 in Image Size.  How upload at the highest DPI over 300?

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    Stephen Marsh
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    March 11, 2020

    Check/click your Adobe Camera Raw Workflow Options hyperlink text at the foot of the window/interface.

     

    jabodeely작성자
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    March 19, 2020

    Very helpful.  Thank you so much.

    TheDigitalDog
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    March 11, 2020

    The image has a fixed number of pixels; that's all that matters in terms of the import. PPI has absolutely no role in quality per se. It is simply a resolution tag. The tag provides a possible size IF used to divide up those pixels. 

    The tag could be 72PPI or 180PPI or 300PPI or higher, but it doesn't have an inherent meaning, only what you could produce with the number of pixels you have at your disposal. Work with pixels! For example, let us say you have 1000x1000 pixels to keep the math simple. And to simplify this further, let's only consider the horizontal axis. If you have 1000 pixels and divide that by 72, that is, you provide 72 pixels per inch, you could end up with 13.8 inches using that division (1000/72=13.8). Let's now say you divide up your 1000 pixels using 180 instead. 1000/180=5.5. In both cases, you had 1000 total pixels. The document itself doesn't have a size, other than what space it takes up on your hard drive. The sizes above are examples of what could be produced if you divided up the total number of pixels you have, with some number of which is just a tag within the document. In Photoshop, if you use the Image Size dialog, turn resample OFF (do not allow it to create more or remove pixels), you can enter any value, 72, 180, 1000 into the resolution field and the resulting size is calculated for you. But you haven’t changed the document or the data at all. You just changed a theoretical 'size' if you output your 1000 pixels using that resolution. So again, it's meaningless until you output the data. At that point, lets say you print the image, you can decide how big you wish it to appear and/or how many pixels you want to devote to the output. You have 1000 pixels and someone tells you that you must use 300DPI (which isn't true but that's a different story). 1000/300 would produce a 3.3 inch print.

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    jabodeely작성자
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    March 12, 2020

    I'm trying to wrap my head around your information which is great actually.  In the end, if I'm cropping an image, I want the best resolution I can get for a large image, say 20x24.  So it's all in the PPI?

    Bojan Živković11378569
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    March 12, 2020

    What you mean by best resolution? What is destination of that image? Printer? Ask print provider what resolution they print then multiply inches x print resolution and set that pixel dimension not bigger.

     

    The main problem is that you can not understand quickly what is going on. Start with "best resolution". There isn't best resolution for print although you can say that best resolution is exact resolution that printer needs. Start by determining at which resolution you will print images then set that resolution in Image > Image Size with Resample turned off then use the Crop Tool to crop at desired dimension in inches what can be set in the Options bar.

     

    By the way, you can set dimensions in inches plus resolution in the Options bar with Crop Tool active and you can also save that as preset for later use.

    D Fosse
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    March 11, 2020

    You need to understand that ppi - not dpi - is not a property of the file. It's metadata. Ppi can be as high or low as you like and it doesn't change a thing.

     

    Pixels per inch, ppi, is strictly a print parameter. It means exactly what it says: how many pixels per inch of paper.

     

    Now, in ACR (I assume you're talking about raw files from a camera) you have the option to upsample the file to higher pixel dimensions. That is not something you want to do unless you have very good reasons. Upsampling is always harmful to the file's integrity and quality. Very few cases justify the reduced quality.