Displaying JPG images at 300dpi in Word

[bastion]

Ok, on my book I am including a lot of photos. I am working with Microsoft Word and I insert photos accompanying the text when I need then. I know that to avoid pixelated images a resolution of 300 dpi is good. So if the original photo is 1,200 pixels wide, I am displaying it within word at 33% and this shows a photo of 400 pixels wide. Question is: is that 300 dpi? 

Thanks

[Ken Anderson]

No.

[Laura_Rooney]

I think this might be what we're talking about here.That's two different settings. You're talking about the width and length of the photo. In this context it could be stated in width and length of photo in inches for the outer dimensions and nothing to do with resolution.  The dpi is a separate parameter.  Within the photo how many dots are used to "draw" the picture in its fine detail.  Two different settings to look at in your photo program. After a resizing, make sure the dpi setting is put back to 300dpi. Then you should have BOTH the size and the dpi settings at their correct respective numbers. Does this make sense? Maybe it's just old programs but I have taken a photo set at 300dpi and with a width and length given in pixels or inches(option given) that I'm happy with.  Then I've had to change its size to fit somewhere. I ask to resize and I fill in the boxes with 300dpi in one box and the length and width I want in two other boxes. After I've saved the result I think everything should be fine, but when I open the photo again the dpi setting has been changed. I go back to resize and set the dpi to 300 and make sure the size is still correct and resave. I make sure I get both to be correct after I re-open the photo. If I don't watch out for this glitch I get really fuzzy stuff. But I am able to get both: correct size and correct dpi. So watch out: some of these resizing programs are crazy -- they change things you don't want automatically.

[Ken Anderson]

Gosh Laura, you've found the real world.

[kevinlomas]

Before you place any image anywhere, make sure it is the exact shape and size of where you are going to place it, and that does include frames.
I think Word also has a default DPI setting for images and it is rather low, but I think you can change that default. Try Right clicking on an image to bring up the control box for it.

[bastion]

Hi guys,

I really don't understand this very well.

For example, for my book full cover I use an image that is 2,588 x 3,375 pixels (as required by LULU). Of course that photo is not later printed that big, but instead is displayed (NOT resized) in order to fit the "US Leter" size cover. I printed the cover here at home and it looks very good and not pixelated. So, my question is, what is the resolution of that image?

Thanks

P.S: If instead of a  2,588 x 3,375 pixels image, I had printed a 862 x 1,125 pixels cover image the printed result would have been a very pixelated photo. 

[kevinlomas]

I really don't understand this very well.

It can be confusing.

For example, for my book full cover I use an image that is 2,588 x 3,375 pixels (as required by LULU). Of course that photo is not later printed that big, but instead is displayed (NOT resized) in order to fit the "US Leter" size cover. I printed the cover here at home and it looks very good and not pixelated. So, my question is, what is the resolution of that image?

OK. Ignore the pixel size. Use the actual size in inches (or CM or whatever), set at 300dpi. It may look like a huge image and it will be a large file size on your PC, but that does not matter. It will be right in use.