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Large Images Photography Shack Guide

Large Images for Easier Editing of Digital Images

By Nikos L Maxwell

Large images are fantastic for digital photo editing. You can zero in on the section of the image you like best and then delete the rest of the image. Simply brilliant when you don’t have time to zoom in on an image when using your digital camera.

My digital camera has a fantastic feature. It has a large memory. As a result, I can take very large pictures, and this is good when editing images with Photoshop on my computer.

I can either print them out as large, or you can easily zoom in on one part of the picture, crop everything else off, and the picture is still crystal clear, even though it is a bit smaller.

This has helped in situations where I have had to take pictures in a hurry and framing and zooming with my camera has not been an option.

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The large pictures my camera can take are indeed very large. I have it on the middle setting and the pictures are still 20 by 30 inches in size. This gives me a lot of room to move, and a lot of room for error too.

Why should you use large images?

I have taken large pictures that were somewhat useless and zoomed in for a great single shot that I might not have gotten otherwise. All you need for that is a great photo editor like Photoshop or the cheaper alternative, Photoshop Elements and a little patience.

If you want to keep your large pictures as they are, you may have to find a special place to get them printed out. Most digital kiosks won’t print anything higher that an eight by ten photo.

There are places that will print out these large pictures though, but you may have to go to a specialty shop or photography store or a professional photo lab to get it done. In some cases, you may have to mail out your large pictures on a CD to get them printed, but if you want them done, it is well worth the effort.

Remember that sharing large pictures online is a bit tricky. If you want to share with friends you will have to shrink them down. using compression software

Large images are difficult to use online

Large pictures take a lot of memory, and many people can’t open them without having huge problems. Not everyone has a fast, new computer and just one large photo can take a long time to download and open, especially if they have dial up service.

Shrink your large pictures down to four by six to share with friends and they will thank you for it. They may not look as good to you, but it won’t do you much good to send out huge files if no one can open them.

This is true for websites as well, keep your photos small, and make sure they are standard web resolution at 72dpi.

Compression of images for faster download

Another alternative is to compress the images with Winzip for Windows or Stuffit for Macs, and then email the images and they can be uncompressed after they are received. Just make sure the person receiving your images has Winzip or Stuffit on their computer or provide them with a link to download the software. They will be thankful for the faster download!

About the Author:
Nikos L Maxwell has written a number of articles on digital photography and digital editing software including Digital Editing Software, Adobe Photoshop Tutorial, Edit Pictures, Fuji Film Digital Cameras, DVD Editing, Video Editing Computers, Digital Image Processing, Ray Disc, Blu Ray, Blu Ray Disc, Blu Ray HD DVD, Blu Ray Reviews, Blu Ray Vs HD DVD, DVD Duplication, Ray HD, HD DVD.
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