May 2014 ~ Photography Shared

Friday, May 30, 2014

How to Make a Pinhole Camera Box

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Pinhole cameras are some of the most basic kinds of cameras, and they can teach you a lot about how cameras and photo paper work. They're a great project for kids to make on summer days when there's lots of light. A pinhole camera's shape will often dictate your end result. A boxlike pinhole camera will give you a more straightforward and normal-looking picture than a cylindrical pinhole camera, so it serves as a good camera substitute when you want...

How to Make a JPEG Smaller

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You might want to decrease the size of a JPEG image for many reasons. For example, you may want to place the picture on a website that limits the size of posted pictures or graphics. Making a JPEG image or picture smaller also makes the file smaller, allowing you to send it through email or store it on an external device, such as a memory stick. Instructions 1 Open the image in Microsoft Photo Editor by either right-clicking the image file...

How to Set Dots Per Inch for Printing

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Printing photographs requires a much higher count of pixels per inch, also called dots per inch, than simply viewing photographs on a computer screen or transmitting them over the web. The dots per inch, or dpi, value is the measure of the resolution of the image, or how clearly it will display, especially when blown up to larger sizes. To set dots per inch for printing, you will need image editing software. Adobe Photoshop is a good investment and...