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canon photoshop question
Reinhold Matay, Photographer
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Orlando | Fl | USA | Posted: 11:35 PM on 12.04.05 |
| ->> Just dumped all of my Nikon Gear for Canon and now when I open an image in Photoshop cs it comes up at 72 DPI and my nikon came up at 300DPI and they still do except for my canon images. I know they are the same but I prefer 300 what can I do to make canon's 300 |
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Peter Gaby, Photographer
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Madison | WI | US | Posted: 11:51 PM on 12.04.05 |
| ->> i'd like to know that too, as mine open up at 180 |
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Worth Canoy, Photographer
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High Point | NC | USA | Posted: 12:02 AM on 12.05.05 |
->> Reinhold,
If you are opening jpeg files, they are going to be at 72 (far as I have found).
But you know what they are...I've had cleints call me and say "the hi res file you sent wasn't large enough, it was only 72dpi"...to which I said of course, "yes but it's like 30 inches wide!"
I don't know of a way to set up Canons to open up at a larger resolution...but resizing them isn't that big a deal to me.
By the way...Welcome to CANON!!! |
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David Meyer, Photographer
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Orlando | FL | USA | Posted: 12:07 AM on 12.05.05 |
->> Reinhold,
I don't think you can set the dpi in camera - if that's what you're asking. If you use an application like Photomechanic or Breezebrowser Pro to download your images of your cards, you can have the application change the resolution automatically during ingest. Check in the preferences for this. If you don't use either of these "browsers," you can create a Photoshop action/droplet that will accomplish the task.
Hope this helps,
Dave |
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Baron Sekiya, Photographer
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Kailua-Kona | HI | USA | Posted: 12:35 AM on 12.05.05 |
->> If you use Canon Digital Photo Professional you can redo the the apparent PPI (pixels per inch), I'm sure that what you folks mean, not DPI.
You can even rename the batch of images so you can pretend you're Brad with a 1DMkIIn by putting your initials at the begining of the filename too. The output prefs can be set in DPP to 200 or 300, whatever you want, then when you manipulate the image in that browser it will take.
The Start Rename tool is pretty handy too. I'm shooting with identical Canon 20D bodies and often times the filenames are output the same by both cameras. So I group them into folders and Start Rename them. You can even add the date and/or time to the filenames. |
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Primoz Jeroncic, Photographer
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Kranj | SI | Slovenia | Posted: 2:14 AM on 12.05.05 |
| ->> I guess this thing can be set somewhere in camera then, since on my 1dmk2 files open in Photoshop show 200dpi while files from old 1d open as 72dpi. And I'm sure I didn't set anything about dpi on 1dmk2... at least not that I would know :) |
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Ian Donald, Photographer
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Antioch | CA | USA | Posted: 4:16 AM on 12.05.05 |
->> The number you are talking about - 72, 200 or 300 pixels/inch is a setting which shows up in the "image size" menu in Photoshop. It can be changed in the PS preference settings. Go to "units & rulers" and you will see "New Document Preset Resolution" - My computers are set to "Print Res. : 300 pixels/inch" and "Screen res. : 72 pixels/inch". If you look at the number at the bottom of the Photoshop image window you will see the size of the image when opened at full resolution - in the case of a Canon 1D2 jpeg it will show "23.4MB".
Most camera jpeg quality (compression) settings can be changed in-camera - this will affect the compressed file size but the 1D2 file used as an example will still open as a 23.4MB file. The camera records only "pixels" - not pixels per inch - the 1D2 file is always 3504 x 2336 pixels whether you have the PS "screen" setting at 72 or 300 pixels/inch.
The important number to remember is the file size when opened in Photoshop - if your 1D2 jpeg files start opening as 1.35MB file - you just changed the wrong setting in PS...
Hope this helps,
Ian |
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Primoz Jeroncic, Photographer
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Kranj | SI | Slovenia | Posted: 3:09 PM on 12.05.05 |
->> Thanks for your explanation Ian but it's not exactly that... or at least I didn't understand you right. Sorry if so.
I just checked my settings in PS and they are same as you wrote. Print is 300ppi and screen is 72ppi. When I open jpeg from 1dmk2 I get document size 23.4MB, but in image size I have resolution 200ppi. When I do exactly same thing on old 1d I get 72ppi.
I agree photo is same no matter if it's 200ppi, 72ppi or 300ppi. Pixels count is same and that's what matters. But since I have some my own PS actions for putting watermark (basicly just a text layer) over, it matters if photo is 200ppi or 72ppi (same size text is "smaller" at 72ppi then on 200ppi). But I guess I will read few more details about Photo Mechanic and try to start using option Dave was talking about, during ingest. |
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