Photobook help???
 

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I am going to be writing to the site I am using too but I thought I might find some good advice or help here. I am getting close to the end of one of my books and I have never printed before. I have deleted all of my PSD files (so I can't go back and re-save them) and the site that I want to print with says my photos (my layouts) resolution is too low. I always save them as 72 dpi to make them web-friendly but I don't save them as 300 dpi like they want them to be for printing. :whistle: So am I out of luck then?

I don't want to get them printed just to have them look grainy or pixel-y. It seems like none of the printing sites are cheap, which is fine because I want good quality but it's nerve-wracking not knowing what I'll end up with! :pc: I took one of my LOs at 72 dpi and opened it in Photoshop, saved it as 300 dpi and then re-uploaded to the site..but it seems like they are still going to look a little dingy. Any suggestions or will I just have to start over? :confused:

Thanks in advance. :sos:

I´m not sure Kayla, but I don´t think you can resave 72dpi pages as 300 dpi, it won´t improve the quality of your pages as they are already jpeg files. I don´t wanna be mean :no:but if you don´t have the psd´s I think you´ll have to do it again. My printing site software doesn´t accept less than 300dpi , talking about 12x12 pages, unless you approve the printing. And 72 dpi prints pixelated, I know it because I made home cards for my son sometimes and most cartoons I get from google come in 72 and I have to repaint them because the printing is awful. Why don´t you try and print just one sheet as a single photo, in the size you want your album, and see what it looks like, maybe then you can decide what to do.

not to scold you or anything =), but you should always save a LO 3 ways. Psd, full jpg and web jpg. the only thing you MIGHT be able to do, and this isn't for sure, but maybe you can use those LO's if you print a small book. try printing in different sizes at home to see how they turn out. maybe a 6x6 will work? i am not sure.

Thank you for your help. You're right, resaving it doesn't help and I wasn't sure it would anyway. Just thought I'd give it a shot :)

No worries, I appreciate your honesty :) I spoke with the site and they suggested the same thing. From now on I will save my LOs correctly!!

the only thing you may be able to do, i have done the same thing:blush: is to mount your completed page at a smaller size on a background paper then save it at a higher resolution, not ideal but it saves losing it altogether. GILL