What's important when making prints. Print sizes, viewing distances, print resolutions, megapixels and image content.

Why do people say you need at least 300ppi? are they right, or is it really more subtle than that?

For the DPI/PPI confusion, and a look at real print resolution, see
https://www.northlightimages.co.uk/d...
It's relevant to other inkjet printers

The print distance/resolution chart is from
https://www.northlightimages.co.uk/w...

Sharpening and rescaling prints is covered at
https://www.northlightimages.co.uk/u... 30 mins video version at    • Making Big Prints from low megapixel ...  

00:00 Start
00:50 The 300dpi thing
01:38 Where the 300 comes from
03:50 Use higher ppi if needed
05:40 Standing further back
07:40 Wnen low res is fine
08:55 How many megapixels are needed
10:30 Real detail and print size
11:38 How much work is needed on the image
13:25 What about the image content
13:40 Sharpness in your image
16:58 Guidelines for resolution/sharpness
17:46 Printing based on what you want people to see
20:48 Nice pictures vs great pictures

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