cropped/resized photo not opening at 300 dpi...

[jay1]

I am trying to crop and save a photo at 300 dpi and the photo only reopens at 72 dpi. How can I save/export the photo to then reopen in PhotoShop or Affinity Photo at 300 dpi?

 

My workflow in Affinity Photo is:

1. open the photo (opens 3456 x 5184 px at 72 dpi in AP)

2. crop

3. try resize image to 2000 px on the short side (I have to change the dpi to 300) - this is the first part of my issue; if the photo loaded at 300 then I wouldn't have to make that change too.

4. levels

5. curves

6. export...

 

The final picture will then open up in PhotoShop (and in AP) at the newly cropped sized but showing 72 dpi. This is the second part of my issue; I would like to see that with 300 dpi showing.

 

Can anyone help with this issue?

[Lee D]

Hi jay1,

 

When Exporting, select the More button and uncheck Embed metadata, then export. When you reopen the image the DPI should show as 300.

[jay1]

Thanks. While that did save the dpi at 300, the metadata (including the caption) is now gone. Is there any other way to crop and resize without losing that info?

[jay1]

Also, I have to do that for every picture. Is there a way for AP to remember that that is the option I want (I would like AP to remember the crop size too as well as other tools).

 

Thanks.

 

Jay1

[MEB]

Hi jay1,

We already have the dpi issue logged but wasn't fixed yet. We are currently implementing sticky settings in several tools/panel in the app. Regarding the Crop, you can save crop presets for reuse later (check the Mode dropdown in the context toolbar - the options on bottom).