Question converting psd’s to gif’s

In article , watashee
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When I convert a 10 inch tall 300dpi psd graphic to a gif it saves it at 72dpi and the image size flies up to about 36 inches tall?

You’ve answered your own question. Keep the DPI at 300. But the real question is, "why do you want to print a GIF?"

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Thanks for responding. When I convert the pds to a gif, it automatically changes the dpi to 72 dpi and makes the actual file size5 times bigger. I don’t know why? Driving me crazy!
I’m not printing a gif. It’s for supplying a graphic with a transparent background for artwork.

Submitting to whom? They should be able to accept PSD’s because of layering.

Thanks for responding. When I convert the pds to a gif, it automatically changes the dpi to 72 dpi and makes the actual file size5 times bigger. I don’t know why? Driving me crazy!
I’m not printing a gif. It’s for supplying a graphic with a transparent background for artwork.
Thanks

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In article , watashee
wrote:

When I convert a 10 inch tall 300dpi psd graphic to a gif it saves it at 72dpi and the image size flies up to about 36 inches tall?

You’ve answered your own question. Keep the DPI at 300. But the real question is, "why do you want to print a GIF?"

"watashee" wrote:

Thanks for responding. When I convert the pds to a gif, it automatically changes the dpi to 72 dpi and makes the actual file size5 times bigger. I don’t know why? Driving me crazy!
I’m not printing a gif. It’s for supplying a graphic with a transparent background for artwork.

Artwork for what purpose? The only use for GIF files is computer display. The DPI of the image is irrelevant since the size of an image displayed on a monitor is determined only by the number of pixels and nothing more. DPI only matters when determining the print size of the image. If it’s not to be printed then DPI means nothing. If it is to be printed, you should be using a TIF or an EPS with a clipping path to create transparency.
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"watashee" wrote in message

Thanks for responding. When I convert the pds to a gif, it automatically changes the dpi to 72 dpi and makes the actual file size5 times bigger.

No, it doesn’t. The file size is determined by the number of pixels. Jim

Ok, That said, why, when I convert a 6 inch square pds file to a gif, it make the file dimensions like 25 inches by 36 inches?
I guess that is my major problem.
Thanks
TB

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"watashee" wrote in message

Thanks for responding. When I convert the pds to a gif, it automatically changes the dpi to 72 dpi and makes the actual file size5 times bigger.

No, it doesn’t. The file size is determined by the number of pixels. Jim

I’m making a cd of old greeting cards. The ladies I’m making them for will be printing them out mostly for scrapbook artwork.
I scanned and saved them all as psd files and then converting them to jpg and gif files. I already knocked out the backgrounds in the psd files. When I save them to a tif file will they still retain their transparent background?
Tim

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"watashee" wrote:

Artwork for what purpose? The only use for GIF files is computer display. The DPI of the image is irrelevant since the size of an image displayed on a monitor is determined only by the number of pixels and nothing more. DPI only matters when determining the print size of the image. If it’s not to be printed then DPI means nothing. If it is to be printed, you should be using a TIF or an EPS with a clipping path to create transparency.
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In article , watashee
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Ok, That said, why, when I convert a 6 inch square pds file to a gif, it make the file dimensions like 25 inches by 36 inches?
I guess that is my major problem.

Ignore the inches. If you convert a 200 pixel by 200 pixel psd to gif what happens to those PIXELS? Does it stay 200 pixels by 200 pixels?

Thanks, Steve. I understand what you are saying. The problem I have, when I when I import the gif file into a program such as PageMaker or corel draw it is just huge. I have to drag it down to the size I need. Is that normal? Tim

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In article , watashee
wrote:

Ok, That said, why, when I convert a 6 inch square pds file to a gif, it make the file dimensions like 25 inches by 36 inches?
I guess that is my major problem.

Ignore the inches. If you convert a 200 pixel by 200 pixel psd to gif what happens to those PIXELS? Does it stay 200 pixels by 200 pixels?

watashee wrote:

Thanks, Steve. I understand what you are saying. The problem I have, when I when I import the gif file into a program such as PageMaker or corel draw it is just huge. I have to drag it down to the size I need. Is that normal?

You should not be putting gifs into Pagemaker or CorelDraw. Use another format.

Tim

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In article , watashee
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Ok, That said, why, when I convert a 6 inch square pds file to a gif, it make the file dimensions like 25 inches by 36 inches?
I guess that is my major problem.

Ignore the inches. If you convert a 200 pixel by 200 pixel psd to gif what happens to those PIXELS? Does it stay 200 pixels by 200 pixels?

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Thanks, Steve. I understand what you are saying. The problem I have, when I when I import the gif file into a program such as PageMaker or corel draw it is just huge. I have to drag it down to the size I need. Is that normal? Tim

And unavoidable. Gif does not store resolution or printing dimension information and is assumed to be 72 d.p.i. It should not be used to store graphics meant for print.

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Ok, That said, why, when I convert a 6 inch square pds file to a gif, it make the file dimensions like 25 inches by 36 inches?
I guess that is my major problem.
Thanks
TB

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"watashee" wrote in message

Thanks for responding. When I convert the pds to a gif, it automatically changes the dpi to 72 dpi and makes the actual file size5 times bigger.

No, it doesn’t. The file size is determined by the number of pixels. Jim

It is taking the total number of pixels in each dimension and is factoring them by the reduction in resolution, i.e. 300 > 72 (a common screen resolution). If you want the sizes to remain consistant with your dimensions in PSD, run Image>Image Size first, with Resample Image checked, before you save to GIF. This will make the necessary conversion for you, otherwise you just end up with all of resolution pixels multiplying the height/width to keep the same number of pixels.

Hunt

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Thanks, Steve. I understand what you are saying. The problem I have, when I when I import the gif file into a program such as PageMaker or corel draw it is just huge. I have to drag it down to the size I need. Is that normal? Tim

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In article , watashee
wrote:

Ok, That said, why, when I convert a 6 inch square pds file to a gif, it make the file dimensions like 25 inches by 36 inches?
I guess that is my major problem.

Ignore the inches. If you convert a 200 pixel by 200 pixel psd to gif what happens to those PIXELS? Does it stay 200 pixels by 200 pixels?

If you ARE going to print from a page program, then you do not need the GIF ability to preserve transparency, as the "white" background" of a TIF, or other format, will print "white" on the paper, provided that it is printed on white paper. GIF’s retain transparency for use on computer screens where " transparency" is NOT white, but is in fact transparent. Does this make sense?

Hunt

Yes, it does make sense, took some pounding though.
The thing with the transparent backgrounds was if someone wanted to make a collage and print it out. I’ll be using tif’s for that, I guess. Thanks for the info. Steve Moody has been extremely helpful too! Tim

If you ARE going to print from a page program, then you do not need the

GIF

ability to preserve transparency, as the "white" background" of a TIF, or other format, will print "white" on the paper, provided that it is printed

on

white paper. GIF’s retain transparency for use on computer screens where " transparency" is NOT white, but is in fact transparent. Does this make

sense?

Hunt

In article , Eric Gill
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And unavoidable. Gif does not store resolution or printing dimension information and is assumed to be 72 d.p.i. It should not be used to store graphics meant for print.

I have a 300 dpi gif that says otherwise.

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In article , Eric Gill
wrote:

And unavoidable. Gif does not store resolution or printing dimension information and is assumed to be 72 d.p.i. It should not be used to store graphics meant for print.

I have a 300 dpi gif that says otherwise.

What does a print from this GIF print as – clear?

Hunt

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And unavoidable. Gif does not store resolution or printing dimension information and is assumed to be 72 d.p.i. It should not be used to store graphics meant for print.

I have a 300 dpi gif that says otherwise.

What does a print from this GIF print as – clear?

I don’t print gif files. It’s a waste of time. But they are not limited to 72 dpi. That was my point.