From: "Mayayana"    
   Subject: Re: Why do their heads look too narrow, or wide   
       
   "micky"  wrote   
       
   | Well, I've looked at both the pdf file and the .jpg file and they're   
   | both square.     Well 2360w x 2219h, 94% of W = H   
   |   
   | But it does say 2400 dpi which was their minimum standard, but he still   
   | said it wasn't hi def, maybe because it was only 1.8 meg, which it said   
   | was not enough. Hey that's another thing, they had conflicting standards   
   | of what was hi-def.  At the time I thought they knew more than I do but   
   | now I think not.      Not that I know what hi-def is but if it meets one   
   | standard I think it must meet the other measure.   
   |   
       
      As Big Al said, DPI means nothing, because   
   the image is not in inches until it's printed. It's   
   in pixels. You can set an image to 96dpi or 300   
   dpi or 2400 dpi in a graphic editor and it will have   
   no effect on the image, except that some image   
   formats will store your setting in the header.   
     A 400 pixel wide image will look about 4 inches   
   wide on a typical monitor. On a monitor at 300ppi,   
   or with typical printing, it will show at about 1 1/3   
   inches wide. It's the same no matter what you   
   might choose as a DPI value. That only comes into   
   play when you print it.   
       
     Likewise, "high-res" is not really a technical term.   
   They probably just mean a large image, with lots of   
   data. They should have told you to make sure the   
   image is exactly 2400x2400 pixels.   
     If they really print at 2400 DPI then they need a   
   photo of at least 2400 pixels w/h to take advantage   
   of that level of quality in a 1-inch print. If the image   
   is, say, 1200 x 1200 then the image would probably   
   get enlarged before printing, which means that they'd   
   have no choice but to make up pixel colors for the   
   filler pixels, essentially blowing up the image with   
   anti-aliasing.   
       
     It sounds like the problem is that there are no   
   cooks in the kitchen. The organization is just   
   relaying the instructions of the printer. The printer   
   has not included any editing service in their price.   
   (Which may or may not have been clear to the   
   organization.) And you didn't prepare your photo   
   to fit without editing. I'd blame the printer. They're   
   the only people who can be expected to understand   
   the technical details. But in future you'll know not to   
   trust that anyone along the line knows what they're   
   doing and you can do the prep yourself.    
       
       
      
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