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From: John McWilliams on 7 Apr 2010 12:37
Elmo wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:35:37 -0700, Paul Furman wrote:
>
>> Setting 72 ppi ... [will] cause it to print by default at a size similar to what
>> you see on screen, where a 300 ppi setting would come out of the printer
>> at postage stamp size, but it has no effect on file size on disk.
>
> Interesting.
>
> Ummm... so what PPI/DPI settings SHOULD we recommend for batch shrinking
> and renaming suitable for emailing family photos to others?
>
> 300?
> 600?
> 1200?
> ?

It's PPI, and definitely not DPI for what you're talking about. If
they're just for viewing on screen, 800 x 600 is a reasonable size. If
for printing, I'd resize to the lesser of 1000 x 1500 or whatever is the
native number of pixels of the image.

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John McWilliams
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