Resolution for an 8x6 photo?

jamtart6

Have got some pics from my 3.2mp phone camera that I would like to print in 8x6 from tescophoto.

I have done a bit of editing (soft focus, bit of text added) to them, and don't know what size to re-size them to before I upload them to tescophoto site.

How many pixels wide and pixels high should it be?

Thanks for any help

Browntoa

thought Tescophoto allowed you to centre and adjust before printing ??

evilgoose

I wouldnt resize, send as they are.

jamtart6

i've not used it before browntoa!

I would have thought i needed to make it high resolution before i uploaded?

tinkerbell84

how many pixels is it now?

i believe you need a minimum of 300 pixels/dots per inch for decent printing, so for a 8x6 print it needs to be 2400x1800

jamtart6

it is 95 per inch!

2000 x1520 hmm.... will give it a wiggle...

tinkerbell84

You could get away with 240ish, if your image has that much detail. You normally need about 5MP to get that sort of quality, but you might be able to get 5x7 from 3.1MP

Marty_J

An interesting read:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm