I want higher res photos. When I import my photos through preview (using the import from iphone feature) they are coming through as only 72 dpi. Is there a setting I need to change on the phone, or is preview compressing them?? please advise. Thanks!
DPI really only relates to printing your pictures...
One thing you may want to try is downloading the Camera+ application for the iPhone. Highly configurable, and really takes full advantage of the great quality pictues the iPhone is capable of producing.
ok, thanks for the reply, although it doesn't answer my question. It seems that when I transfer photos from my iphone to my computer, I'm ending up with lower res photos than I want for printing. How can I make sure I'm getting the best resolution?
Thanks OpieM, Yes, I want to print the pics and they are not the best resolution. Is there another way, aside from getting an app? I have photoshop and was hoping to just use that. I prefer not to have to get a new app and figure it out, although if that's the only and/or best way I guess I can do it.
Unfortunately, there is no way to adjust the resolution with the native iPhone app (that I'm aware of, anyway) ...
I'm surprised though at the comment... because there's no resolution setting, the iPhone 4 always takes pictures at the highest resolution.
How are you transferring the photos to your computer?
Yes, I think it may be happening in the transfer. I'm just using preview on my macbook, and selecting the "import from iphone" feature. There is probably a better way to do it...but it seems weird to me that preview would be compressing/downgrading the resolution. Is there a better way to transfer the photos to my computer?
Your photos are not being resized by preview. Preview>Tools>Adjust Size>Resolution...the default is 72dpi because that is generally the default size for the web. For printing, you'd use 300dpi. Preview>Tools>Show Inspector...here you can see the actual resolution in pixels, which is what your camera shoots.
The standard size picture the iPhone gives you is 2592 by 1936 pixels. The resolution of anything you are looking at on the screen or printed on paper is up to the software producing the visible output. You can choose to print at any resolution you like - 100dpi, 200, dpi, 300, 600 whatever. The number of pixels isn't changing, only the size of them, and hence the size of the picture you see.
The "Preview" software is just that - for looking at a preview of what you have. As a standard screen resolution is 72dpi, that's what it happens to use. Any greater resolution would be wasted, being beyond the display capability of the monitor.
Your camera doesn't shoot dots-per-inch, it shoots pixels-per-inch.
As a PC user, I'm afraid that's where the extent of my knowledge ends.
It does seem strange though, that a raw import would de-res your photos, if, in fact, that's what's happening.
ah, ok. Well thanks anyway!
Anyone else have any ideas?
Since you have a Mac, use iPhoto.
Have you tried Image Capture? It is an app in your Applications folder.
why are my iphone 4 photos only 72 dpi?
