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10/14/2002 11:10:40 AM · #1 |
| I'm still new at this digital photography and wonder what size picture does everyone take? Do you take a 640x480, or a larger size like 1280x960, 2048x1536, or 2560x1920, and then downsize it? Does taking a larger picture and downsizing it make it lose detail, or does the larger picture with more detail make a better 648x480 after downsizing? And, if you crop a 640x480, do you end up with a picture smaller than a 640x480? Also, I cropped a 640x480 and lost the EXIF. I feel like a kid asking so many questions. |
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10/14/2002 11:23:15 AM · #2 |
I almost always shoot the largest size I can.
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10/14/2002 11:27:25 AM · #3 |
Definitely shoot high-res. You'll have more room to crop, you'll get better detail, and you'll have the option to print. As far as losing EXIF, I always keep all of my originals and save any edits seperatly.
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10/14/2002 11:50:37 AM · #4 |
Saving a file from the computer ALWAYS loses the EXIF. Just open the original to get the EXIF data. Only cameras save EXIF.
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10/14/2002 11:53:23 AM · #5 |
goodtempo - you're asking all the right questions and please dont feel like a kid for asking them. We're all here to learn.
I believe most people here take photos in the highest resolution available and with the finest quality setting available. Unless you're an extremely good photographer you'll often find that you want to crop your image in order to get a better framing or presentation. The more pixels there are in your source image the better will be the quality of your final image.
Everyone will have their own way of post-processing their images but here's what I do.
1) Save the original image somewhere safe
2) Crop the image
3) Curves/levels adjust the image - save this copy somewhere safe
4) Re-size to 640x480 or 640x427
5) Sharpen the image (vary amounts depending on the image)
6) Save and submit the final image
Basically I try to keep as many pixels in the image as I can for as long as I can. That copy I saved at step 3 is the version I would use to print out.
As you might have suspected - cropping a 640x480 image will leave you with a smaller image. Expanding that smaller image back up to 640x480 will make it look more blurry.
Don't worry about losing the EXIF data in the photo you submit. As long as you kept a copy of the image that came out of your camera you should always be able to go back and read the EXIF data from there.
Regards,
John |
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10/14/2002 11:54:35 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by nards656:
Saving a file from the computer ALWAYS loses the EXIF. Just open the original to get the EXIF data. Only cameras save EXIF.
Actually ThumbsPlus and Photoshop are pretty good about keeping EXIF data in the image (as long as you use "Save As" and not "Save for Web" in Photoshop).
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10/14/2002 12:08:42 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by nards656:
Saving a file from the computer ALWAYS loses the EXIF. Just open the original to get the EXIF data. Only cameras save EXIF.
It sounds like you're losing EXIF on the save from your camera to your hard drive. Try using other software to download.
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10/14/2002 12:13:51 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by nards656:
Saving a file from the computer ALWAYS loses the EXIF. Just open the original to get the EXIF data. Only cameras save EXIF.
That depends on the software you use. Photoshop saves it if
you 'Save As' but loses it if you 'Save for the Web' which makes
some sense, as it just adds to the file size.
Breezebrowser (a great Canon third-party utility) can copy EXIF information
back onto the edited version, which I usually do before uploading
either here or elsewhere. |
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10/14/2002 01:42:07 PM · #9 |
I take full size finest quality as well ... I did my corner entry with the camera on 640x480 and it did 'ok' ... so .. for people buying a camera with a low budget ... Take a good 2MP and not a bad 3MP or 4MP.
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