Megapixels for Digital Photo Printing

A pixel is the smallest unit of a digital picture and a megapixel is next to pixels which is equal to one million pixels. Have you ever noticed when you go for larger photo prints? There are bigger blocks visible in the picture. It happens because of less quality of megapixels of the photo. More the megapixels a picture have, more it can be viewed clearer in bigger size. Therefore the size of the photo you can print totally depends upon the megapixels of a picture. The larger you want to get your digital photo printed, set the more megapixels in your digital camera. If you enlarge the picture with fewer megapixels, the photo will become blocky and blur.

Adjusting megapixels in a camera is extremely easy. Just go to the menu button, then use the right and left buttons besides the up and sown arrows and scroll and choose the megapixel settings like – 3 MP, 5MP, 12 MP etc. After your are done with the megapixels setting, press set to save the changes made. But keep in mind that the higher a picture is on megapixels, it will occupy more space. Now the question is how many megapixels are required for a good quality of digital photo printing? Before that you need to know the print size of the photo. If you wish to get the photo printed of size 4 x 6” , 5 x 7“ or 8 x 10“, then the recommended pixels per inch are 200 and if you want to print a poster then the recommended pixels per inch are 150. Hence be sure with the photo size you want to develop before clicking the picture. If you want to get the photograph developed in a big size then go with good quality pixels, else if you just want the photo to be developed of passport size then normal setting will do.

 

Moreover, when you want to crop a picture and get it printed, the cropping done should fit the page fully for a proper print. After being confirmed with the quality and pixels, see the print preview and if you find it imperfect make the required changes. You can also customize photos clicked by your digi cam from Online Print Shop. There are many online printing shops which provide Online Photo Printing Service. Before using these online websites, be sure with its policies. If the print is not satisfactory, you can claim for another one. Digital Photo Printing online can do wonders with your photo, like- it can add on a nice and designed borders and frames to the photo. You can also change the shades of the picture. There is an option of vivid textures too. To make the picture more beautiful, you can remove the red eye effect from it. If you want to take a print out of your photo and remove the person with you in the picture, you can use the crop option to do that.