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This is an annoying problem I’d like for someone to explain to me, and preferably solve.
Here’s my problem:
I’m scanning several pages of text that I want another person to look at and print out. I scan each page as follows:
B&W scan (1-bit) at 100% and 250 dpi.
Then I "Save" it as a GIF. I want resolution/print size FIXED so anyone opening the file will have it print to the same size.
Yet, when I open the file in any program, it opens as either 96 ppi (in MS Photo Editor) or 72 ppi (in CS2), and the print size at 100% is obviously way larger than I want it to be.
WTF? (Pardon my French)
Why can’t Photoshop create a specific ppi/print size GIF file of my choosing?
When I open the file again, and go into Image…Image Size, uncheck Resample Image, then change 72 ppi back to 250 to restore the print size I want, and then close the file, Photoshop asks if I want to save the changes I’ve made, and I say "YES" and either overwrite or rename; still, when I reopen the file, it goes back to 72 ppi! So frustrating!
I’m choosing GIF over JPG because I don’t want JPEG artifacts. GIF is the right choice for plain, black-on-white text.
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A related, equally annoying problem with CS2 and all earlier versions of Photoshop, is Photoshop’s inability to rotate a 1-bit B&W image in increments (using the measuring tool and Rotate…Arbitrary). What’s the big deal? In the free MS Office app Microsoft Photo Editor, I can rotate a 1-bit image in 1-degree increments. But in Photoshop I can’t.
What’s up with that?
Thanks
Joe
Here’s my problem:
I’m scanning several pages of text that I want another person to look at and print out. I scan each page as follows:
B&W scan (1-bit) at 100% and 250 dpi.
Then I "Save" it as a GIF. I want resolution/print size FIXED so anyone opening the file will have it print to the same size.
Yet, when I open the file in any program, it opens as either 96 ppi (in MS Photo Editor) or 72 ppi (in CS2), and the print size at 100% is obviously way larger than I want it to be.
WTF? (Pardon my French)
Why can’t Photoshop create a specific ppi/print size GIF file of my choosing?
When I open the file again, and go into Image…Image Size, uncheck Resample Image, then change 72 ppi back to 250 to restore the print size I want, and then close the file, Photoshop asks if I want to save the changes I’ve made, and I say "YES" and either overwrite or rename; still, when I reopen the file, it goes back to 72 ppi! So frustrating!
I’m choosing GIF over JPG because I don’t want JPEG artifacts. GIF is the right choice for plain, black-on-white text.
———————————-
A related, equally annoying problem with CS2 and all earlier versions of Photoshop, is Photoshop’s inability to rotate a 1-bit B&W image in increments (using the measuring tool and Rotate…Arbitrary). What’s the big deal? In the free MS Office app Microsoft Photo Editor, I can rotate a 1-bit image in 1-degree increments. But in Photoshop I can’t.
What’s up with that?
Thanks
Joe
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