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March 28, 2017
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Printing high-quality from photoshop

  • March 28, 2017
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My image is 22 x 8.5 and resolution is set at 300dpi. In photoshop, while viewing at "print size", my image (specifically the black lines outlining the illustration) are pixelated. I've read everywhere that images set to 300dpi should print fine. I'm just worried, because they do look pixelated on the screen. I plan to print a proof to see, but before I do that, I'm wondering if someone can explain why my image might look pixelated on the screen (again, viewed at "print size") even if the res is 300dpi. And do you think the image will still be pixelated when printed out?

Wondering if this is perhaps my computer screen's setting or something.

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Correct answer Trevor.Dennis

Did you flatten the image before saving to PDF?
Did you use the high quality Print preset?

Are your layers vector where possible?  Certainly all lines can be vector (Shape) layers.

What was the image size in pixels?

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Trevor.Dennis
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Trevor.DennisCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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March 28, 2017

Did you flatten the image before saving to PDF?
Did you use the high quality Print preset?

Are your layers vector where possible?  Certainly all lines can be vector (Shape) layers.

What was the image size in pixels?

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cjg23407726Author
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March 28, 2017

I did flatten the image & used high quality Print preset.

My layers (lines) are not vectors. Assume this could be the problem. Could you help me understand that or point me to some helpful information about this? (My illustration is mostly looking fine, but it has black outlines, which are what is coming out pixelated. I think turning these into vectors may help? I tried image trace on Illustrator but it wasn't precise enough.)

The image size is 64.2M. In pixels: 6600 x 2550.

Thank you!

D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
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March 28, 2017

Try to view at 100%. Still pixelated?

There should be plenty enough pixels here, so maybe it's an on-screen scaling artifact. 100% view is the only entirely accurate display. It maps one image pixel to exactly one screen pixel.

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