Tue Apr 11, 2017 11:30 pm
Hi, does anyone have good experience of uploading 6x4 (inch) glossy colour prints?
I have up to 1,000 good quality photo prints taken between 1984 and 2004 at various locations around the world. If I don’t ‘show’ them now and commit them to data my family will dump them after my demise (I’m 71 although don’t plan on leaving just yet). By good quality prints I mean registrations are legible where visible, which is in most cases (the old spotter in me), and they have been kept in dust-free albums.
Before I receive more rejections for poor compression are there any recommendations from experienced print uploaders? I have read Airliner.com upload advice, which advises using a high DPI. What is a high DPI? I have a scanner in which the DPI can be adjusted from 001 to 1200. I have tried 175, 300, 450, 600, 750 and 900 DPI with the same Air Algerie B727 photo but I can’t see much difference between the DPIs on my 64bit 1920x1080 laptop screen (with latest Google Chrome browser).
A screener has advised me to use a width of 1024 but has not commented on DPI. Is there a one-format that fits all as it will take quite a time to scan, resize, and sharpen several hundred photos and I don't want to do that if they're going to be rejected.
Thanks in advance for any advice and apologies for sounding dim.
Crispy