Designing for Print

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nick_c_cochran
Apr 25, 2005
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Hello,

I am wondering if anyone has any resources available out there (URLs) concerning print work in Photoshop? I am working on a design and the final output needs to be 300 dpi; however, I am wondering how I would use stock photography in the design that needs to be at 300 dpi upon final output if the majority of stock photos are 2048×1360, etc. If I start off w/a 300dpi new file, and try to import the photo it is, of course, tiny in relation to the document.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Nick
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tmalcom
Apr 25, 2005
Your mileage may vary, but I use Photo Zoom Pro to upsample lower resolution images that have to go into a higher resolution file. It’s not perfect, but after fiddling with the settings in it, I can get something acceptable most of the time. At the risk of having some flames aimed at me, I get better results with PXP than with CS’s internal resampling.
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nick_c_cochran
Apr 25, 2005
Hmm, so the only solution is to enlarge the actual photo?
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chrisjbirchall
Apr 25, 2005
How big is your finished artwork to be?

The photo size you mentioned would end up around 6×4" at 300 ppi. You can upsize a fair bit before the loss of quality becoming too obvious, although a lot depends, of course, on the quality of the original.

If your artwork is going to be larger than A4 or so, you’ll have to consider purchasing the stock photograph at a larger size in the first place.

Chris.
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Jim
Apr 25, 2005
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Hmm, so the only solution is to enlarge the actual photo?
Or get an image with more pixels. The size you quoted will print about 4.5 inches on the short side.
Jim
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goodidea1950SPAM-SPAM
Apr 26, 2005
wrote in message
: Hello,
:
: I am wondering if anyone has any resources available out there (URLs) concerning print work in Photoshop? I am working on a design and the final output needs to be 300 dpi; however, I am wondering how I would use stock photography in the design that needs to be at 300 dpi upon final output if the majority of stock photos are 2048×1360, etc. If I start off w/a 300dpi new file, and try to import the photo it is, of course, tiny in relation to the document.
:
: Any ideas?
:
: Thanks,
: Nick

As others have probably already said, you
are talking about two different things. One
is dpi and the other is the file size. You can
have the photos any size you want. Open
the photos and set the size to the dimensions
@ 300 dpi. There is no way to tell if the photos
will be enlarged or made smaller because you
don’t state the size of the photos or the size
you want them. Really, though, since the photos
are smaller if you reduce them to 300 dpi then
all you have to do is… like I said. This is correct
but I think I need to take a writing course. : -)
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goodidea1950SPAM-SPAM
Apr 26, 2005
wrote in message
: How big is your finished artwork to be?
:
: The photo size you mentioned would end up around 6×4" at 300 ppi. You can upsize a fair bit before the loss of quality becoming too obvious, although a lot depends, of course, on the quality of the original. :
: If your artwork is going to be larger than A4 or so, you’ll have to consider purchasing the stock photograph at a larger size in the first place.
:
: Chris.

The quality of the output is important too. 300 dpi is
pretty high, more than most magazines but maybe they
are just being extra careful. If it for a newspaper or a flyer you’re cool but if you are going to Arizona Highways there might be a problem… : -)

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