Big Footed Downy

[micpic]

I took this image in RAW and did not do any editing. Next I converted it to JPEG. When I convert to 72DPI and size to 600 the image loses sharpness. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

Mic

[Steve Foss]

Mic, this looks sharp to me.

At any rate, when you size down to 600 pixels, don't adjust the ppi at all. Ppi/dpi is a factor when printing but has no impact when displaying an image on a computer screen.

[Jim Almquist]

Right now it is at 600x400 so I would make it 600x800. Did you sharpen it at all ?

[micpic]

Thanks Steve, I'll try and figure out what that means. Remember I'm a novice.

Mic

[micpic]

Jim, no sharpning was used. I'll try that sizing and see what that does.

Mic

[Steve Foss]

mic, just don't change the dpi. Leave it at whatever it's already at when saving for Web display.

[Steve Foss]

Mic, here's what my screen looks like in CS2 when I'm about to reduce size for Web display.

The horizontal pixel dimensions are highlighted in blue. Just type in 750 and hit OK. Note the boxes checked down at the bottom of the window, too. Not sure which program you're using, but if it's Elements it should look about the same as this.

You'll see I'm leaving dpi alone completely and allowing the short size of the photo automatically size itself to keep the proportions right when I type in 750 pixels across. Now, if it were a vertical photo, I'd highlight the next box down from the one currently highlighted and type in 750 pixels.

[micpic]

Steve, I think I did it the way you told me. I'm just using DPP for editing until I get a new copy of Adobe.

Mic

Oh, by the way Jason, sorry about calling you Jim. Getting on this site is like I moved to a new home.

[Steve Foss]

Looks good, mic. I do see there are still two stubborn dusk specks ahead of the bird.

[micpic]

Ya Steve, I seen those too. Can those be touched up in DPP. I thought you needed Adobe or something else to edit that. I hate to even think about noise and halo's. That's going to take some time.

Mic

[Steve Foss]

mic, I don't use DPP for anything besides large-volume batch processing, so I don't know what its other capabilities are.

Photoshop Elements 5, 6 or 7 is inexpensive and will allow you to do everything you need.

[Dbl]

DPP is a RAW converter, you can only make changes to your exposures, colors, sharpness that type of thing. It has no tools for fixing spots, cloning or other editing. The program was not designed as a one-stop all in one program. Elements, Photoshop, those types of programs can do everything from the RAW conversion to editing.

[MARINERMAGNUM]

DPP is a RAW converter, you can only make changes to your exposures, colors, sharpness that type of thing. It has no tools for fixing spots, cloning or other editing. The program was not designed as a one-stop all in one program. Elements, Photoshop, those types of programs can do everything from the RAW conversion to editing.

I think DPP has the dust delete data?

[Dbl]

I think that is only available on cameras that support that. I am not 100% sure but I believe that is correct?

[MARINERMAGNUM]

Yep,mic has a 50D and I think it has some dust removal software in it somewhere.

[micpic]

Sorry but I was using my 20D on that shot. I'll try to give more EXIF DATA from now on.

Mic

[Jim Almquist]

Micpic you did have the name correct but it can become confusing with Jonny ,Jay and Jim all on this forum and all talking about birds buts that OK You will need to get some software or a cleaning kit to get rid of the dust bunnies. If you go to Copperhills HSOforum they have a pretty good tutorial on how to clean your sensor-skip the brush.

[MARINERMAGNUM]

I've swapped lenses a ton of times already on the 50D,and it's built in super shimmy shammy sensor shaker must be working pretty good-I can't detect a speck.

I was gonna ask Ken and Dan how their's are handling dust bunnies.

[Dbl]

Haven't found one yet.

[finnbay]

nor I. Seems to work pretty well.

[micpic]

All I can say is Thank You for all the info. Maybe I'm I should be on the Photography site.

Mic