How do I export a small, high resolution image?

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November 6, 2017
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I need to export logos at weird sizes (for example 300x600 when the logo is closer to 300x300) as jpegs, at 300 dpi. I have high resolution versions of the logos. I have the document set to 300 ppi. I've turned on resampling and smoothing. But every export/save for web/etc. is pixelated.

What am I missing?

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Simmer1

Community Expert

Hi

It is always best to create the design to the size and dimensions your are after, rather than creating a design then changing the proportions after. Especially in a pixel based programs like photoshop.

Illustrator might be a better option as it uses vectors which can be stretched and proportioned altered without loosing the smoothness of shape edges.

walterw22222069Author

Participant

I thought so too, except Illustrator ignores the document dimensions if you select anything other than screen resolution at export.

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Dynamic Office

Legend

Well no, With a Vector within illustrator you can scale up and down as much as you’d like – Set your canvas to 300x600, import your vector, scale it to fit, export as > Jpeg

If it’s a company logo, they will more than likely have some sort of .Ai file to work with – What they’re asking you to do with an image is near impossible without bad end results.

Also as mentioned the dpi has little to nothing to do with the image especially if it’s going onto their website.

Not teaching you or your client to suck eggs but ;

In printing, DPI (dots per inch) refers to the output resolution of a printer or imagesetter, and PPI (pixels per inch) refers to the input resolution of a photograph or image.

Theresa J

Community Expert

What are the logos for? Resolution is only relevant for printing, so the 300ppi doesn’t really mean anything. It’s the total pixel count that matters. 300px is not very big and will be pixelated when you zoom in to look at it. If these logos are for web banners with specific pixel dimension, they should be fine.

walterw22222069Author

Participant

These are logos that will have to be uploaded to third party sites that send out client communications for us. So they freak out if it doesn't match their specifications, which is x dimensions, 300 dpi, and jpg.

Theresa J

Community Expert

Well the 300 dpi part is irrelevant because they are providing specific pixel dimensions. And dpi stands for dot per inch which is even more irrelevant. When someone provides these specifications to me I figure they don't really know what they are asking for.

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