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Message:: [QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5401438, member: 19463"]I start with a blank of 9999x6666 pixels which gets cropped for every shot but insures that images are only resized once when everything is done.  I guess I figure that you lose quality every time you do anything so it is better to do it all at once. 12" @300 ppi is 3600 pixels.  My camera shoots 6255x4160 so every shot would have to be downsized before starting.  I make no effort to shoot all images from one height so the picture of an obol and the picture of an obol can be close to the same size on the sensor.  I realize this will not make my images useable for exact size printing but that is something I never do and it seems better to get as much detail on each one from the start and throw out excess as needed.  In truth, it makes no difference when you consider that you are still over 300 dpi at 20".  I have never made over a 20x30 print but, although under 300dpi, look good to me.  In any event, none of my coins have the detail to be shown that large without revealing their shortcomings.Whole image resized to fit here:[ATTACH=full]1233334[/ATTACH] The part of the image that fits in this same 1620x1080 format:[ATTACH=full]1233333[/ATTACH] The above is not perfectly sharp due to camera, lens, coin and operator.  There is nothing to do for that last one.[/QUOTE]