Cvs/walgreens photo centers compared to more professional photography companies?

i worked on a few photos through phtoshop and set them as as 8x10s. I took them to cvs not knowin how they would turn out , but when i went to pic them up its was as if it loaded into the computer as a smaller photo such as a 4x6 and they just increased the size because they pictures were blurry. would it be different anywhere else iff i took them or just upladed them from a website such as mpix.com . i use a digital canon rebel

Cvs/walgreens photo centers compared to more professional photography companies?
Your best bet would be to print them from home where you can make all the adjustments that you want and be sure that your results are exactly what you want without paying a huge price or trying to communicate exactly what you're wanting to the college kid at the counter.





When you scale your photo {image/size} in Photoshop click the auto button... 9 out of 10 times it will give you a good optimum for that image.





Scaling up is bad but with unsharp masking and a clear original you can get reasonably good results. Scaling down is much more desirable.





Photo capable printers are pretty cheap these days...
Reply:I does not matter what physical size you "send" photos. I matters what resolution the photo is when taken. A 4 x 6 image, at 300 dpi will not remain a 300 dpi if you simply set photshop to print at 8 x 10. Increasing the SIZE of the print does not increase the resolution. It just makes the pixels bigger. In fact, the same file will end up being about 75 dpi.





Makes no difference which company or device makes the print.
Reply:Pro labs have services that you may not ever need.