Patent ID: 8068162

Claim:
A method of processing a digital image to generate a substantially accurate digital representation of an image product having the digital image transferred thereon, comprising the steps of: (a) accessing the digital image using a digital camera having a viewing member; (b) selecting, among a plurality of selectable image products, the image product on which the digital image will be transferred using a transfer process; (c) the digital camera automatically digitally reducing a resolution of at least a portion of the accessed digital image in response to the step of selecting the image product, the step of automatically digitally reducing being based on a resolution limitation of an image product production device using the transfer process when transferring the digital image onto the image product, thereby lowering the resolution of the digital image when the digital image is transferred onto the image product, wherein the step of automatically digitally reducing includes generating at a reduced resolution the substantially accurate digital representation of the image product for display on the viewing member to represent the accessed digital image transferred onto the image product by said image product production device; and (d) displaying, using the viewing member, for assessment by the user, said reduced resolution digital representation.