doren — Wed, 20 Dec 2000 04:46:46 +0000

Roo is correct Printing should be at least 150 for newsprint and 300 or more for glossy stuff.

You didn't say which version of photoshop you are using or the ppi (or dpi) of the file. We need to know.

However this is what I would do with Photoshop 5.5:

1) create a large .psd at 300ppi file with the type layer unrendered. Probably 2X the size of what I would eventually use it for the most. (i.e. if it was to be printed at 1x5 I would creat a file 2x10)
a) if I needed to use the file for print I would reduce a copy of it to size then flatten it to a .tif or .jpg file depending on what my service bureau or printer wanted.
b) if I needed to use it for the web I would reduce a copy of it to the correct size, then reduce the ppi to 72ppi. Next I would take it into ImageReady and compress it as either a .jpg or .gif.

Grandmaster — Wed, 20 Dec 2000 04:44:14 +0000

Make sure the color is set at its max 16.7 mill

300 DPI?

Roo — Wed, 20 Dec 2000 03:07:32 +0000

Doesn't anything for print need to be 300 DPI?

Maybe check when you resize to make sure it's not going back down to 72?

Roo

Megan — Tue, 19 Dec 2000 18:58:04 +0000

Use a vector based program. That's really the only way, I think, to resize graphics without problems (depends on what you're doing, but for text and line drawings vectors are a must). Adobe Illustrator is the best, of course, but Macromedia Freehand and Corel Draw are other possibilities. Macromedia Fireworks could be a possibility as well.