Sizing in Photoshop

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Star_Sutezzo
Feb 16, 2004
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I am doing an illustration job, and the company I am working for is out-of-state, so everything I do has to be scanned and emailed. He wants all the images to be 600 dpi, and 5.75 X 8.75 inches. When I scan my image in at 600 dpi, it is the actual size of the picture. I have tried resizing the image and resizing the canvas, but the company is telling me that when I email them the image and they open it, it’s HUGE…like 45 inches? I don’t know how to get the image to stay at the size I set it to. When I open it up in Photoshop, it tells me that the size IS 5.75 X 8.75.
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Scott_Falkner
Feb 16, 2004
Some programs ignore the ppi resolution information embedded in JPEG images, and they open as 72 ppi. This could also happen if you are using Save For Web to make a JPEG. What could they possibly need a 600 ppi image for?
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John_Slate
Feb 16, 2004
not to mention that that is a LOT of information to be emailing.

thats over 50MB for RGB
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Star_Sutezzo
Feb 16, 2004
I’m not sure, really…I have never worked with anyone who wanted that big of an image…Those were just the specs in my contract. 600 dpi and 5.75 X 8.75. I am assuming that it has something to do with the image quality for going to print?
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Phosphor
Feb 16, 2004
Just create the new document at 3450 X 5250 pixels.

Let them worry about getting the resolution right. If they can’t change the res to suit their needs, well, that’s a whole ‘nother kettle o’ fish.
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Scott_Falkner
Feb 16, 2004
There is no value in producing full colour raster images at more than double the prined lienscreen. here is only cost, as in file sizes four times larger than necessary.

How much information can one quarter of a dot in CMYK convey? no detail could possibly be stored there. All you can hope to show the viewer’s eye is the colour of a pixel. If you’re image is four times the required resolution, then instead you will get the average colour of those four pixels, which is pretty much the same thing.
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Mac_McDougald
Feb 16, 2004
Sounds like some graphic doofus on the other end.
Tell him/her the images ARE tagged for 600ppi at the required inch size with Photoshop.

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