not enough pixels

[bobngail]

--new user---

I just completed my first project using layers, I was so proud -- it is sort of a collage of six pictures: five taken with my digital camera, the other scanned.

I decided to turn it into a jigsaw puzzle -- uploaded the jpeg to a photography shop who does that sort of thing.

They came back and said that they recommended an upload with a minimum of 1000X800 pixels. Mine didn't.

How do I control things like # of pixels? I had all I could handle just getting my little layered collage together. What should I have done?

[Ellen]

Hi, Here's a thread that I found helpful.
http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7795&highlight=understand+resolution
Another nifty tip is to search in this forum through the Google toolbar if you have it. I think it was Tony who pointed that out

[Juergen D]

Did you use that scan from the other thread (640 by 456 pixels) as the background? If so, you may still have to go back and re-scan at a higher resolution.

Juergen

[bobngail]

The two scanned pictures I used were different -- how do I chose a resoution for a scanned image? So far I just SCAN and in PSE4 OPEN. I haven't seen any option as to resolution.

Thanks for your advice.

[Juergen D]

I'm afraid I can't help you with the scanning. You need to check the scanner manual how to set the resolution. Then scan to a file, which you open with PSE.

Juergen