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I have recently purchased an XTI and when I download my pics into my Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 the image size is 36" x 54" with a resolution of 72 pixels/inch. I used to have a XT that when I would input the pics would be at a resolution of 350 pixels/inch. My question is, how can I get my pics to be inputted at 350 pixels rather than 72? Also when I format my pics to a certain size I change the resolution to 350 pixels/inch. Does this affect the quality? Thanks for all your help!!!!!

The "pixels per inch" is one of the most needlessly confusing things about digital photography. Essentially, unless your output device requires a specific pixels per inch setting in the file you send to it, ppi can be anything from 1 to 1,000,000 and you won't notice any difference. 72 ppi is the typical setting for a computer monitor, but most applications don't pay attention to it and will squeeze the whole image onto the available space. Basically, don't worry about PPI. Just specify the size, in inches/cm/furlongs that you want your final picture to be when you print it. If you find it comes out a funny size, then worry about changing the PPI setting, which you can do in PhotoShop Elements.

Thanks Jon. I appreciate the help. Also, how do I get my photoshop elements to read my RAW images? It only reads the jpegs. Sorry I know this is probably a dumb question, but I appreciate the help as always.

I don't know that Elements will support Adobe Camera Raw, Adobe's generic RAW processor. For that matter, since I use Raw Shooter Professional (and will continue to do so until I get a camera which isn't supported by it) I don' t know if ACR's a stand-alone or a plug-in. You can always use DPP to convert from RAW to TIFF or JPEG and open that from PSE.

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Hope that helps, should be instructions on how to install the plug-in in the read me.