Pixelation And Banding

Export as sRGB or aRGB nor Prophoto. ( I don't think there is an Adobe sRGB). Adobe RGB has a bigger color space and will give a better print. sRGB looks better on the web. It's your choice and I use sRGB, even though there is not a lot of difference viewing on this site.

Don't mess with the DPI. FAA is only concerned with the pixel dimensions not the DPI. It can be anything. DPI is not even a file property. The main thing is not to upsize but keep the image the size it was on creation or capture minus any cropping.

And just to add what Bradford said, FB is known to butcher photographs. Maybe that's why they bought Instagram (just kidding). Anyways, you can't compare FB and FAA in terms of how they handle images.

I've seen some of my FAA prints and did not find any banding or pixelation as long as the original is good. Facebook resizes and radically compresses images that you post there (as does Twitter and Pinterest), so they end up not looking their best. I guess the good news to this is that if people like them on Facebook, a print from FAA will look much better.

if you want the best color on a print use aRGB, but the colors won't show on anyone's screen. i use sRGB so its the most compatible. you lose i think some blue and green range. banding happens depending on the screen and how many colors it can produce. its pretty annoying since people see different things. don't worry about dpi, only the main pixel sizes the camera can make. if your camera has a limit of 4000px, that is the size you upload.


----Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

Thank you everyone! Helps so much:)