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RayB:
24-bit TIFF is good too, but those files tend to be very large (too large!)
mahuti:
Honestly.... JPG at higher DPI is fine. Artefacting IS a major problem at low DPI (i.e., small web graphics at 72 dpi)
A 300-600 DPI scan that is saved as a JPG will reproduce very cleanly... and for the average persons output, will be more than enough quality to produce a good final image.
It's easy to tell... save a copy of the file as a high res JPG. Open it, if the file still looks clean at 100% then you are OK. JPG IS a lossy format, but its original intent was to allow easier transport for high DPI images and was created with that in mind. If you were going to keep the file at home, or you had a huge drive to transfer it on, that's all well and good, but if you are going to share it on the web, JPG makes a lot of sense. Just be sensible about it.
xonix_digital:
I was recently designing the final version of my RADICADE! CP and I started out at 300dpi. The only problem with that is I was doing it actual size (37x17) and the file was stupid huge. Whenever I tried to compress it down so I could post it I ran out of memory (1.8Ghz P4, 512mb DDR). I probably had it too big for a WIP but my pc just had a hard time with it in photoshop.
I know Ill probably catch some flack for this but I dumped it to 72dpi at a really high Q jpeg and at 100% mag it looks great (to my eyes). Now I don't know why it looks so good but I'm curious to see the results.
-=XD=-
ps- a lot of ppl say not to do it @72dpi, so I wouldn't if you don't have to. I just couldn't deal with a 298 mb PSD file.
skybluestav:
i think its realy harder to design something from scratch in photoshop, thats why i always use vector based programs (preferably for me freehand). This is coming from a graphic designer, but u dont need to be one to design in vector. Design something in vector and u wont have anything else to do, u can play with it as much as u want and it wont lose anything.
different story if u have spent loads of time designing in photoshop. ::)
AlanS17:
--- Quote from: xonix_digital on July 08, 2005, 09:12:11 pm ---I was recently designing the final version of my RADICADE! CP and I started out at 300dpi. The only problem with that is I was doing it actual size (37x17) and the file was stupid huge. Whenever I tried to compress it down so I could post it I ran out of memory (1.8Ghz P4, 512mb DDR). I probably had it too big for a WIP but my pc just had a hard time with it in photoshop.
I know Ill probably catch some flack for this but I dumped it to 72dpi at a really high Q jpeg and at 100% mag it looks great (to my eyes). Now I don't know why it looks so good but I'm curious to see the results.
-=XD=-
ps- a lot of ppl say not to do it @72dpi, so I wouldn't if you don't have to. I just couldn't deal with a 298 mb PSD file.
--- End quote ---
Full size at 72dpi is ok. You just need a higher dpi if you're blowing something up. Full size @ 300 dpi is probably overkill.
(Somebody correct me if I'm full of it.)
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