ACI Jpeg Settings

[Claude From NY]

What JPEG settings are you all using for optimum quality? I seem to be having a problem with this. Pictures are not as clear as they should be.

Specifically:

Options/Environment/Image, what should the JPEG compression be?

ACI Flash, Options/Image. What should the JPEG quality factor be?

Thanks for any help.

 

[sos]

Claude:

My setting are as follows:

ACI Flash Quality factor 63

ACI report: Compression 5 dots to the right of Low and output High.

Check below in image for Auto resize. My default photo size is 800x600.

You might what to check what photo size picture the camera is taking. I take pictures at 1024x768 and ACI resizes them to 800x600. My pictures are alway clear. If you don't mind a large ACI file have the default photo size at 1024x768. It will take longer to email. Try both sizes and check the file size.

Hope this helps

Jay Sosna

 

[Claude From NY]

Thanks for your reply Jay.

 

[Ted Martin]

320 x 640 is more than adequate since it is a higher resolution than most printers are capable of.

 

[sos]

Ted:

Resolution is the fineness of detail you can see in an image. It is measured in pixels per inch (ppi). The more pixels per inch, the greater the resolution. Generally, the higher the resolution of your image, the better the printed image quality.

Printer resolution is measured in ink dots per inch, also known as dpi. Generally, the more dots per inch, the finer the printed output you’ll get. Most inkjet printers have a resolution of 720 to 2880 dpi.

Jay

 

[Ted Martin]

I agree with your definitions but in the real world of appraisal pictures of houses taken from a street that are printed three to a page at 4x6, who cares. At a 4x6 print size I see very little (no difference) between the 320 x 640 and 2160 x 1440 size files. At 8x10 or larger there is a noticeable degradation. If I'm just looking at the image full size on my display I can see no difference. The difference on the display doesn't happen until I zoom in at a high multiple. I'll grant that there have been times when I've wished for a higher resolution so I could zoom to read a street number. As hard drive capacity has increased I suppose it's more of a mute point but historically I opted to keep all my subject and comp photos I've taken over the last 15 years. Lower quality beat no picture.