Rendering resolution...

Bobby.Ryan

A project I've been working on when rendered with DAZ Studio 4.6 defaults to 96 pixel per inch. It'll be 1 of 3 elements in a larger project using Photoshop which defaults to 300 ppi. I even imported a white backdrop 16:9 300 ppi into DAZ and after rendering the final result is still 96 ppi. I've poked around for some time now and can't find anyplace to change the resolution. Is it possible to render with DAZ Studio higher than 96 pixels per inch? It might be something staring me right in the face but I don't see it.

Thanks-----B.R.

Szark

No there isn't anyway to increase DPI but my renders are always at 120 DPI and have been since DS3. That is the same no matter what software I use to display the DPI information.

The only way to increase DPI is this http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/24563/

SpottedKitty

DPI in a render image is very much a "how long is a string of apples and oranges" kind of question — it doesn't actually mean anything. DPI as a bare number is meaningless until you send the picture to a printer to be printed out at a specific size, so DAZ|Studio ignores it. All render dimensions are in pixels.

What you need to do is work out the pixel dimensions you need for your three 300dpi images, set those values in Render Settings, then go ahead and render. Since you're using Photoshop anyway, wait until that final assembly to change the DPI values.

Final thing to remember —Photoshop does image resizing in two different ways, keeping the image size fixed, and keeping the pixel size fixed. It's way too easy to convert your beautifully rendered images into 300dpi postage stamps if you don't watch what you're doing. Been there, done that, got eyestrain trying to read the t-shirt.

Bobby.Ryan

Thanks much for your help. It's much appreciated.

---BR---