About Digital Prints

lon059.jpg *Getting the most from your digital images*
Resolution is an indication of the quality of your photos. The higher the resolution, the clearer and more detailed your photo. You can adjust your resolution settings in the setup options of your digital camera. Keep in mind the resolution sizes below to compare what size your going to be printing at. Hqprints believes in taking pictures at the best quality. Why not get the most out of your photos at the highest possible resolution your camera will allow?

When you submit your digital images to Hqprints, we’ll tell you if the size requested does not match the resolution of the image. You can’t gain resolution by sizing up, but in most cases you can print at a larger size then your image resolution and still get a great print. But don’t expect a 640×480 to size up to a 20×30 poster and see any sort of image quality. At 640×480 the biggest you can expect with out considerable interpolation will be 8×10 at best. We don’t advise this practice at hqprints, but we can certainly work with you getting the most out of your photo and size requirements.

Print size Resolution
4×6 640×480 pixels
5×7 1050×750 pixels
8×10 1280×1024 pixels
11×14 1600×1143 pixels
12×18 1600×1066 pixels
16×20 1920×1536 pixels
20×30 2272×1500 pixels
24×36 2880×1440 pixels

*Other factors to consider when printing your photos*
Have you ever taken a family photo, printed the photo at 8×10 at the local shop and noticed a few people on the ends were cut out of the photo? Hqprints wishes we could fix this too, but we can’t. Its what we like to call “the natural aspect ratio of the camera”. There are sizes that were made to print the entire frame of the photo. Others were made for the affordability factor of a larger frame size from a frame manufacture standpoint. **The chart below describes the approximate loss you will see on your photos when you print from a full frame camera or a camera with the aspect ratio of 2:3.[SinglePic not found]

Print size Cropping Loss
4×6 no loss
5×7 2.5″
8×10 2″
11×14 5.5″
12×18 no loss
11×17 no loss
16×20 6″
20×30 no loss
24×36 no loss

**The loss will be on the long side of the photo

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