How do I make a photo smaller without loosing pixels?

Question

I have an image that is 10 x 6 at 72 dpi. I thought if I resized it to make it smaller, it would actually have more pixels. I am changing the canvas size, then resizing the image. My photo developer's website says it's too small, but the original isnt' too small to print a 4x6 if I just upload the original. I need to be able to crop it though so I don't want to use the original.

Answer 1

get a copy from the original in the folder by copy-paste and open it in photoshop keeping the original as a backup:
1-from image size ,change the resolution to 300 p/in,click OK
2-again in image size,check the constrain box,change the "6" to"4" .the "10" becomes"6.66"click OK
3-crop the"6.66" to "6
4- it is ready

Answer 2

any photo at 72 dpi is going to be pixellated. 72 dpi is an image quality that is only acceptable for pictures being viewed on the web. You absolutely never print in 72 dpi.
If you want good printing quality, the photo has to be at the very least 300 dpi.
Anyway you can get a scan of the image? Then you can scan it in at a much higher quality, and change the image size without sacrificing the pixels/image quality.

Answer 3

ok, current photo contains:

10 by 6 at 72 DPI,

720 pixels wide by 432 pixels high

printing at 300 DPI without cropping would give you

2.4 inches by 1.4 inches.

If you bumped the resolution up with shrinking the image size, for example doubling the DPI would give you a 5 by 3 image at 144 DPI.

If you do find someone to print this photo for you after you have cropped it you may end up disappointed with the end result due to the low picture quality.

For reference:
A 3 MP camera has 2,048 (horizontal) x 1,536 (vertical) pixels, or 3,145,728 pixels. We call this simply 3 MP. Most modern cameras will do in the range of 3 to 8 Megapixel.

Answer 4

If you resize the 10x6 @ 72 ppi without Resampling, you get 6.7x4 @ 108 ppi.

Without resampling, you keep the same pixels; they are just closer together (108 vs 72 ppi).

108 ppi is pretty low for most printers, and will yield a borderline acceptable print. Sounds like your photo developer just refuses to do low res pics.

You could try to print it yourself. Sometines 108 ppi will look ok.

Or you could Resize it with Resampling, and set the resolution to the minimum your developer will accept (200 ppi?) This will add pixels, but the software has to make them up based on surrounding original pixels. Sometimes this works ok, sometimes it get blurry.

Good Luck

Answer 5

Convert from uncooked to JPEG ... i don't know any printers that use uncooked If the information are too enormous to digital mail, I in basic terms drop them into my consumer web site and deliver my consumer a link so he can get carry of the information from my website.

Answer 6

you dont. if you make it smaller you lose pixels. my aadvice is to save several copies of different sizes if you want to still have the large one

Answer 7

U tell it to go to hell. And if it doesnt respond. kick urself in the PEEEEEEEEEENIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

Answer 8

try irfanview!