400 dpi is far too low to do anything with your negatives.
The best value for money option is to order CDs with your developed films at
the same time, then touch them up a bit if needed. I think that 18Mb files
should be ok for up to 9x6 inches.



"Valerie2" wrote in message
link.net...
I'm new here, but I have a question...I'm thinking of selling some of my
photos on Ebay, and instead of getting the photos made directly from the
negatives, I was going to get prints made from scans of my original
prints that have been edited in PhotoShop to lighten them up some. I
scanned the photos into the computer at 400dpi as tif files, then edited
the color levels in PhotoShop. They looked grainy onscreen at 400dpi,
so I printed some test photos out on my printer (I have an Epson Stylus
Photo 825), and even on the best photo setting, they came out looking
grainy. If I upload them to a site like Yahoo and order prints, or take
them to a place like Eckerd/Walgreens, will they still have the
graininess when they're printed out? I don't have a professional photo
lab anywhere near me, so a drugstore, Walmart or Kmart are the best I
can do for the prints.

Valerie