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Images for Print

  • February 27, 2017
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I need to prepare images for print.

When changing to 300 DPI,

Do I deselect Resample?

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    Correct answer ishfaque.b

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    arthur22886373ytrn
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    February 9, 2022

    I'm trying to download my pictures so I'll be able to print them

     

     

     

     

    NB, colourmanagement
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    February 10, 2022

    arthur22886373ytrn

    tell us more please? what are you attempting? and how?

     

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    ishfaque.b
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    February 27, 2017

    Thanks everyone for the immense help. More questions coming your way soon.

    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
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    February 27, 2017

    It does happen that you talk to people who don't have a clue - they just "heard" that you need 300 ppi for print. But they have no idea what it actually means.

    300 ppi for a billboard is a misunderstanding, period, and you can just disregard that.

    For large-scale reproduction like this, involving photos, you take the ppi you get. You have that many pixels to spread over that many inches, so that's the ppi (pixels per inch) you end up with. That said, 2000 pixels won't get you far, and I would never try to use such a low-res image for anything full-scale, whether a book spread or a banner/billboard. I wouldn't be comfortable with anything below 5000 or 6000.

    I don't see why you should need to work at any percentage. Photoshop can do this at full size, 1:1. It works with pixels anyway, not dimensions.

      ishfaque.b
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      February 27, 2017

      Pls do mention if 300 ppi u mean effective

      Derek Cross
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      February 27, 2017

      The actual resolution is what exists in the image file before any scaling is applied. The effective resolution is the resulting PPI after scaling is applied.

        Derek Cross
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        Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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        February 27, 2017

        Yes, if you want to enlarge the image, but beware it will soften the image as it does this my sampling adjacent pixels. If you have a large image then leave it unticked and it will increase the resolution and reduce the image dimensions.

          ishfaque.b
          ishfaque.bAuthor
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          February 27, 2017

          it is for billboard..to be enlarged from 10 to 100%

          Derek Cross
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          Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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          February 27, 2017

          If it's for a large poster that's to be viewed from a distance it doesn't need to be 300ppi, it can be much lower, say even 20ppi. Maybe your printer is suggesting 300ppi because they intend to enlarge it themselves (and therefore reduce the ppi).

          I suggest you have another chat with your printer to clarify.

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