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8 x 10" at "Good Quality" and "Excellent" Quality
Digital File Sizes • Digital Image Chart
The example below illustrates how many pixels your digital file should have if you want a "Good" quality 8 x 10" canvas print. An "Excellent" quality would be the yellow highlighted areas.
Print Quality	Fair	Good	Excellent	Some info on image resolution:
Size to Print (width or height)	Number of Pixels Required				It is important that you have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (dots per inch) for any image you send us. If you can make it higher - all the better! This is definitely a time when "Bigger is Better!" In fact, when it comes to printing the larger pet portraits at 24 x 36, we often scan in photos at 1200 dpi! Something to note is the difference between "Screen Resolution" and "Printing Resolution.""Screen resolution" is the number of pixels needed to display an image on a computer monitor ... usually around 72 dpi (Mac) & 96 dpi (PC)). Print resolution is the number of pixels needed to display an image to be printed with ink on paper. It is much higher. A standard request by most printers, is a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.Take a look at the following examples: The image below will print great at 300 dpi... If we use a 72 dpi of the same image...which looks good on the monitor (just below)... and then enlarge it to print... It WILL be blurry!...
1"	72	150	300
2"	144	300	600
3"	216	450	900
4"	288	600	1200
5"	360	750	1500
6"	432	900	1800
7"	504	1050	2100
8"	576	1200	2400
9"	648	1350	2700
10"	720	1500	3000
11"	792	1650	3300
12"	864	1800	3600
13"	936	1950	3900
14"	1008	2100	4200
15"	1080	2250	4500
16"	1152	2400	4800
17"	1224	2550	5100
18"	1296	2700	5400
19"	1368	2850	5700
20"	1440	3000	6000
21"	1512	3150	6300
22"	1584	3300	6600
23"	1656	3450	6900
24"	1728	3600	7200
25"	1800	3750	7500
26"	1872	3900	7800
27"	1944	4050	8100
28"	2016	4200	8400
29"	2088	4350	8700
30"	2160	4500	9000
31"	2232	4650	9300
32"	2304	4800	9600
33"	2376	4950	9900
34"	2448	5100	10200
35"	2520	5250	10500
36"	2592	5400	10800
36"	2592	5400	10800
You may be tempted to increase the size in a software program like Photoshop, but in actuality you are not adding relevant data. What photoshop does, is called "interpolation". Interpolation means the computer is calculating the amount of missing pixels and adding copies of the original pixels. Computers do not add new data to your image, they basically "fill in the gaps." What you invariably end up with is a jpeg image that is 300 dpi, but extremely blurry. How to overcome this problem? Make sure to use your camera's highest settings. You may not be able to shoot & store as many shots on your flash card as your regular settings, but at least you will be able to correctly print those once-in-a-while amazing shots you might get. If all of this confuses you, don't be alarmed. You are not alone. It is hard to keep up with the lightening changes taking place in technology! Simply send us whatever you have and we'll give you the scoop on whether your image is workable or not. In many cases when can use certain filters to "grab" the key lines of your pet photo and do an abstract or comic art portrait. We always give it our best shot! You can always snail-mail the actual snapshots to us, and we will scan them at the proper resolution for you.

Digital File Sizes • Digital Image Chart