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« on: February 28, 2013, 11:03:57 PM »

I just downloaded QImage ultimate and have played with it a couple of days.  I am wondering why it is resizing some of my images.  I pull an image up in photoshop and it is sized to a 5.25x4.25 at 250dpi.  When I tell it to print Original size it is in the queue as a 4.58x3.54 at 300dpi.  Is there a way to turn that off and print the exact size at the original dpi? Any help is appreciated. 

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« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2013, 07:50:43 AM »

Hi Kyle,
Welcome to the forum  Wink
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Is there a way to turn that off and print the exact size at the original dpi?
It looks like you have the Override ppi box ticked and set to 300ppi.
See attached screen shot. To open Print Properties, hold you right mouse button down for a couple of seconds over the image thumbnail.

However, the "correct" answer to your question is to size pints the Qimage way and not the PS way  Shocked
The QU way is to set the size in inches or mm in QU and never worry about the ppi; QU does all that for you. It's key feature is to take that data and send the image to the printer at the printer's Native Resolution: 720ppi for Epson , 600ppi for Canon etc. That way the driver does not mess with the image and QU's superior World Class interpolation algorithm does the best job possible.
Never re-size (interpolate) an image in other application; any tagged ppi and size is only that, inches apply to a print not an image file.
By using the Qimage way, you will speed up your work flow as well as get top quality prints.
Terry
PS. Keep coming back to ask your questions, we are here to help and Mike, the program developer, is always available for stuff the rest of us cannot answer  Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2013, 10:06:37 AM »

Kyle,
I should have included this in my previous post
http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage-u/tech-prt.htm
This explains the technology of Qimage Ultimate and why the "QU Way" is a world beater for print quality, in addition to some unique image editing features.
Terry
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« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2013, 02:33:31 PM »

Terry,

Picture Window Pro version 7 incorporated Jonathan's frame and matte utility. I tinkered with it a few years ago when it came out and found it a bit messy. But now it is in PWP I am tempted to use it again.

I have in mind using some 400 by 300 acrylic frames. In these I will put some 330 by 230 images. My plan is to create the 330 by 230 images using QU and to convert them to TIF's. I'll then pull them into PWP and make a matte that extends the totality to 400 by 300.

I get a shot like this:-


That I would save as another TIF.

I'd then go back into QU and print that new image on to my 400 by 300 paper.

My main question is as to whether TIF is the best fileform to use as I move the tidied up image from QU into PWP so I can add the matte?

And any other suggestions you might care to add to improve my end result.

Tony
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« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2013, 09:40:48 PM »

Hi Tony,
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My plan is to create the 330 by 230 images using QU and to convert them to TIF's.
An image file does not really have a size measures on cm., only pixels!
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My main question is as to whether TIF is the best fileform to use as I move the tidied up image from QU into PWP so I can add the matte?
TIF if you don't want to loose some quality but in many cases a high quality jpeg will do providing it's not re-saved again.

NB. If your PWP program can make a frame like you show, you could make that around a pure black image, save as a tif in the form "filename.frame.tif", you could use that over and over again as a cutout frame in QU. One bit of effort to make the cutout to save all that time converting and sending to & fro from. No conversion, do everything with the raw image, a cutout is a filter = non-destructive and saves disc space.  Cool
Terry
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« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2013, 10:45:55 PM »

Terry,

Nice idea to make it as a Q frame. Something to do Tues. Tomorrow is devoted to Focus.

Yes, I realise that the 230 by 330 is not pixels but it creates the ratio that fits cleanly in my Lyon acrylic frames.

Thanks again.

Tony
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