Setting the DPI of a picture

I am trying to create an image and then save that to a file to be printed later. I notice that the picture functions seem to default to a 96 DPI image. Is there some way to increase that? I need to add some pretty small text to the picture and it is turning out eligible.
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Hi there! So I am using Lightroom 3 on a pc and I have ran into an issue when exporting images. The DPI and image size (in inches) that I am selecting during the export process. For example I just exported a collection and set the dpi to 180 and the size

Hi there! So I am using Lightroom 3 on a pc and I have ran into an issue when exporting images. The DPI and image size (in inches) that I am selecting during the export process. For example I just exported a collection and set the dpi to 180 and the size to 7 inches on the long edge. My exported result is 457 dpi and sized at 3200x2134 pixels.. Any ideas on why this is happening and what I can do to correct it?

The DPI setting in a digital image has no meaning at all. You need to learn how to calculate what you need in your exported image. The only measurement in a digital image that has any meaning is the number of pixels in each direction. It doesn't matter what you set that DPI to (actually it's PPI or pixels per inch). The image will have the same number of pixels regardless of the setting. If you need an image that is 5 x 7" (for example) at 200 PPI then you would want an image that measured:
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So you would need an image that is 1000 x 1400 pixels to have a 5 x 7" image at 200 PPI. The reason your exported image had such a high PPI setting is because you specified the number of inches you wanted the image to be. And there were enough pixels in the image that it calculated out to be that high PPI setting.
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How does one set the DPI when resizing images in Bridge?

I am sure I am missing something here (so excuse me if its a simple answer) but I am used to using Photo Mechanic and there you are able to set lots of variables while resizing. I don't understand this Bridge resizing window when using Batch Processing thru Photoshop.
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You wrote:
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How do i set the size of 3d picture control

dear sir,
I have attached my vi.I have one doubt ie I have used translate object. vi in my vi to move my picture according to the value set by the y position.This y position indicates depth my object.this is sample object insteat of i am going to update my underwater vehicle.
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Jayanth,
Take a look at the attached example. Alternatively, you can search for it in NI Example Finder by going to Help>>Find Examples in LabVIEW, click on the search tab, and search for meshes. I had difficulty reading your code, but I believe you need to position your lighting source in the optimal location to get better definition. And the example shows how to bind a color to the object.
Trey B
Applications Engineering
National Instruments
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i do not understand.
I selected an image in iPhoto.
I looked to the top right menu bar and did not see an italic i in a square.
From left to right, there ia an Adobe symbol, clock, 3 dots between brackets symbol, the volume symbol, then a symbol that looks like a B covered by 3 dots (it says bluetooth when i click in it), then the wifi symbol, day, time, my name, search symbol.
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Find a printer who knows what they are doing
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[SOLVED] Openbox - setting different dpi on external monitor

[SOLVED SUMMARY]
After the suggestion from Max, I've got two instances of openbox running on the different screens.
the xorg.conf I used for this is below.
then I used the following addition to ~/.xinitrc to start two instances and set the dpi of the laptop screen:
DISPLAY=:0.1
exec openbox &
DISPLAY=:0.0
exec xrandr --output eDP1 --dpi 192 &
exec openbox-session
[/SOLVED SUMMARY]
[ORIGINAL POST BELOW]
Hello,
I want to be able to set a different dpi for my laptop screen (macbook pro retina 13 inch late 2013 11,1 integrated graphics (not nvidia))
and my external monitor, as the laptop screen has a pixel density more than double that of the external monitor
if I start openbox using:
startx
then text on the laptop is too small, but everything on the monitor is ok. Conversely if I start openbox with
startx -- -dpi 144
then for the most part, things scale up nicely on the laptop, but everything on the monitor is too big.
So what I have tried to do is set the the dpi with xrandr:
xrandr --output eDP1 --auto --dpi 144 --output HDMI2 --auto --rotate right --dpi 96 --right-of eDP1
xrandr outputs a configuration that looks ok, but the display doesn't change:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3760 x 1920, maximum 32767 x 32767
eDP1 connected 2560x1600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 286mm x 179mm
2560x1600 60.0*+
2048x1536 60.0
1920x1440 60.0
1856x1392 60.0
1792x1344 60.0
1600x1200 60.0
1400x1050 60.0
1280x1024 60.0
1280x960 60.0
1024x768 60.0
800x600 60.3 56.2
640x480 59.9
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 connected 1200x1920+2560+0 right (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 495mm x 310mm
1920x1200 60.0*+
DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
There seem to be a thousand ways to set up multiple screens, so it would be great to hear from anyone who has any suggestions about the best ways for me to approach this,
should I set up seperate monitors in Xorg.conf,
or even seperate X DISPLAYs and launch multiple instances of openbox?
thanks
Mathew
[EDIT]
on re-examining, while the dimensions listed by xrandr seem about right, the xrandr command isn't changing them, they seem to be defaults
Last edited by mathew (2014-02-26 09:37:46)

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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
Screen 1 "Screen1"
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InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
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Section "Module"
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Section "InputDevice"
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Driver "kbd"
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Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
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Identifier "Monitor0"
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ModelName "Monitor Model"
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Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "fbdev"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "ZaphodHeads" "eDP1,DP1,HDMI1,DP2,HDMI2,VIRTUAL1"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor1"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
If I put this in ./.xinitrc
DISPLAY=:0.0
exec openbox &
DISPLAY=:0.1
exec openbox
it fails, unfortunately there's not much of an explanation in the Xorg.log
This will launch:
DISPLAY=:0.0
exec openbox
but the screen will be mirrored at the resoultion of the smallest screen.
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