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dpi when scanning photographs.
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I was scanning a few photos for someone recently and while clicking about I noticed that if I went to custom settings on the scanner I could change the dpi to a maximum of 600 even though it had been set automatically to 150. I've looked up that dpi is the same as pixels from what I can make out.
What I'm wondering is, does it affect any future use of the images if I change the dpi or is it always the case that the dpi should be set as high as possible when scanning photos? Thanks.
What I'm wondering is, does it affect any future use of the images if I change the dpi or is it always the case that the dpi should be set as high as possible when scanning photos? Thanks.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I see what you are saying as the photos at 150dpi are around 90KB but the ones scanned at 600dpi are up around 1MB. If the only downside is the fact that the file size will be larger I probably should scan at 600dpi from now on. Annoyingly most photos I've scanned are at 150dpi. 600dpi is a much slower scan but I'd say it's worth it for the better quality image. Thanks.
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