8 Tervuerens?!! I have one Malinois and she is quite enough of a handful!

Actually I have been able to work this one out, at least.

I've just tried shooting in RAW+ though and the conversions from RAW and the original JPEGs are still showing resolutions of 240 and 300 DPI respectively. Is there a reason for this difference and should it be a problem?

I haven't re-loaded the software yet - I've got a book nearly completed in it, just ready to go when I can resolve this issue with the last few pages of RAW conversions.

I've checked again and it doesn't seem to be a resolution issue, though now I'm keen to ensure that I manage to achieve 300 DPI again anyway. Would you be able to tell me if there is an easy way of setting this please, because I can't immediately see how to do so.

Many thanks again. I'm conscious that I'm taking up your valuable time on this!

Thanks again for your time on this.

Hmmm. I'm beginning to wonder whether it might be the resolution thats the issue. I've just checked the DPI (this is basically the same as PPI isn't it?) and for all Raw conversion files its only given as 240 whereas all the photos taken in JPEG are showing as 300. This applies even to some test photos which I have just saved at Maximum (12) quality. Am I right in believing that 300 is the threshold for good quality printing?

Cewe tell me that the JPEG looks fine in most programmes but loaded into their software it suddenly becomes very grainy (which I can see at my end) although strangely it doesn't trigger any of their usual quality threshold warnings, which I guess potentially counters the idea of a resolution problem. They tell me to go ahead and print and see how it comes out, but even though their customer service is usually pretty good I'm reluctant to spend £100 on a sub standard product and have to wrangle about it afterwards.

Would you know how I can ensure the RAW conversions also reach 300 DPI?

Many thanks

[quote:3496ace15f="Gwyn"]I grew up in Sunbury, and went to school in Ashford many many moons ago!

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I went to Sunbury County, or Sunbury Manor as it is now. A long time ago now

Thanks to you all for your comments

Yes, I'm certainly saving the files as JPEGs, opening it into Elements and doing a 'Save As' with a quality level setting of 10. This is producing file sizes of 6-10mb with the full dimensions of 4928x3264 pixels. The Cewe helpdesk people say that they can see nothing wrong with the JPEG sample files I emailed them.

I'm shooting in DNG - I believe I'm right in saying that is the generic RAW format and therefore easier to convert?

Its a bit disappointing because I love creating photo books so if I can't work out a solution I'll have to revert to shooting in JPEG. However, I'll put some prints through the Cewe software to test it out and see whether the noise is reflected in the final output.

Thanks for taking the trouble to answer Steven - much appreciated. Unfortunately the upgrade doesn't seem to have done the trick with this particular problem but it was probably a good thing to prompt me to do anyway

PS I've just noticed where you live - I've spent most of my life just down the road in Sunbury/Ashford.

Many thanks to you all for your welcome - and belatedly, a Happy New Year

Hi,

Having just unboxed my Christmas present to myself, of a K5ii, I thought that this was an appropriate moment to venture into RAW for the first time. I know nothing about post processing but Adobe Camera Raw seemed easy to use and I ended up with nice shots which I converted to JPEG. The problem is that although they are fine in most of my programs; Elements, Windows, Picasa etc, the moment I upload them into the Cewe software (which I use regularly for photo books) they display horrible noise and are completely unusable for printing. The same occurs when I upload them to Albelli software. I have never experienced this with files originally shot as JPEGs.

The Jessops user support people were unable to help and I have tried everything that I can think of to work around it - including saving the files as medium rather than high quality to reduce file size and removing all sharpening, but the end result is more or less the same each time. I can only conclude that I must be making an elementary mistake somewhere. All advice would therefore be gratefully received! I am using ACR 6.1 with Elements 9.

Many thanks

Hi,

I've just joined the forum and thought it would be rude to post a question straight away before saying hello here.

I knew nothing whatsoever about photography two years ago, before getting a k-r whereas now.......er, well, anyway, I may not know any more but have just treated myself to a K5ii so we will see how I go with that. Seriously, despite being probably the least technically minded person on the planet, I've forced myself to a point where I understand at least the basics of the in camera controls. Now I need to work out some of that mysterious post processing side of things. The main thing that I've learnt so far is that no matter how pleased I may be with a photo, there is always a nagging voice in my mind saying 'it could have been even better'!