Low resolution warning when trying to print.

Question

I shoot RAW, then do my editing in Lr. When I export to file for printing in iPhoto I continually get low res warning. I tried exporting DNG< TIFF<PDS and JPG. I set to at least 1000 pixels on long side. What's going on? Help!!! Thanks

Answer 1

Tv guy wrote:
I want to go as high as 16x20. I’m not sure the "resize to fit was checked". I’ll check. As far as using iPhoto, I haven’t yet learned to print from Lr. I guess I need to study that. Do you have a quick tip? Thnaks.
Resize to Fit was checked, that's the only way to limit the pixels to 1000.
As a general rule, the bigger you want to print, the more pixels you need.
As another general rule, if you're not going to print from inside of Lightroom, you're going to print outside of Lightroom, then you'd need to export with "Resize to Fit" UNchecked.
As a general rule, when printing you want to use all the pixels you have available and not limit it to 1000, and unchecking "Resize to Fit" is the way to get there. (But really, printing from Lightroom eliminates these issues entirely)