On line printing and file size questions

[theantiquetiger]

In Baton Rouge, there is only one quality print shop for photographers, Kadair's (the same place where I buy a lot of my equipment). For on line ordering, they use LifePics. The max file I can upload to LifePics is 12mb. The following image is 82mb. How much detail or resolution will I lose if I down size the image to 12mb?


morgan swim by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

[Marko]

What size will you be printing at?

You could also try any of the larger online printing companies. mpix, adorama etc.

[theantiquetiger]

I was actually trying to see how big I could print it

[JAS_Photo]

You might try imagekind Prints, Posters, Canvas & Framed Wall Art from Independent Artists at Imagekind. They have all kinds of fancy papers (Hahnemuhle) which I am a big fan of plus will do custom matting and framing. You will never have to adjust an image to fit a standard frame. You can upload a Tiff file as large as 200mb, although that would take a long time. They do a good job of printing but are not cheap. They also show the maximum size a file will print.

[Marko]

I was actually trying to see how big I could print it

I'd call the lab and ask them, they should be able to give you a good idea as to the quality u can expect.