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darkmanx:
i havent used photoshop much, but in paintshop pro you can specify size in inches...seems alot easier to me than figuring out pixel size. i would think photoshop could do that also..

Mike:

--- Quote ---i havent used photoshop much, but in paintshop pro you can specify size in inches...seems alot easier to me than figuring out pixel size. i would think photoshop could do that also..
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Size in inches is not enough. You have to know ppi and dpi of your image. dpi is dots per inch on the printer. ppi is pixels per inch. I can do an 8X10 with a dpi of 72 or an 8X10 with a dpi of 406 and there is a huge difference in how they look. Basically my point was on your home inkjet depending on how picky you are it isn't going to look good. But this doesn't seem to be much of a concern because alot of the marquee images I've seen out there aren't cleaned up well and won't print nice anyways.

Frobozz:
Yea, I learned my lesson from dating a graphic artist.  I built her a photoshop workstation with a gig of RAM (NOT CHEAP IN THOSE DAYS)  and to do a simple 8 1/2 x 11 print at the resolutions she was working with took almost an hour to load up and print.  

Very expensive printing systems will "stretch" pictures through hardware though, so you can print on larger mediums with smaller files (and nobody's going to be standing 2 inches from your sign scrutinizing the pixelation and jaggy edges it has), but marquees are something viewed close, so there's no alternative unless you use vector style art program such as Illustrator.  

Which brings up another point.  Most graphic shops use Illustrator because you can blow it up infinatly w/o loosing resolution.  But it's only for more simple geometries, and not photographic work.  I.e: You can make fonts, complex line-art, and fairly complex shapes, but photographs and complex color work are right out.  

bob:
If you are creating original artwork that includes text, which will be printed at a print shop, Adobe Illustrator rules. If you are using mostly photos, or other "raster" images, and you're printing it at a print shop, Photoshop rules.

If you're doing graphics work at home, Corel Draw, Corel Photopaint, and JASC Paintshop Pro will all do excellent work.

All of these programs have free 30 day trial versions. I have never seen a marquee that would be more than a Megabyte or so in Illustrator.

1UP:

--- Quote ---Adobe After FX is like a stripped-down, easier to use, less expensive Photoshop.
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