A4 in pixels..
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- NEWSFLASH
k,
stupid question maybe but i'm struggling with this, not being a digital artist myself..i have been asked to send A4 sized images to a publishing company, color photos.. and i want them to look good..
please help me and tell me how many pixels x pixels should they be ?, and jpg's i assume right ?
- baseline_shift0
depends on your resolution. Im assuming 300 dpi?
- hmm, not sure, its for a print publication.. does that help ?NEWSFLASH
- DPI = dots per inch. Bust out your calculator and do some multiplication! :Dbaseline_shift
- print needs 300dpijimbojones
- jimbojones0
300dpi 2480 x 3508
150dpi 1240 x 1754 and so on
- baseline_shift0
print resolution is 300
- schjetne0
Don't send them in 150dpi :P
- NEWSFLASH0
wicked, thanks baseline
- mikabast0
300 dpi, and use some uncompressed format, tiff is always a good choice
- jimbojones0
and now the best question, rgb or cmyk ;)
- schjetne0
I haven't been asked to send photos in CMYK for YEARS. Most publications prefer to convert to CMYK themselves, using their own profiles and such.
- noted ;)NEWSFLASH
- depends, always ask the printerjimbojones
- baseline_shift0
Yeah, jpgs use lossy compression. So every time you open, edit, and save the file, you actually lose info. Thats why you get all that artifacting.
- uncompressed tiffs are solid.baseline_shift
- cool, thanks. Tiffs at 300dpi ,2480 x 3508NEWSFLASH
- baseline_shift0
tagged image file format > joint photographic expert group
- schjetne0
It's safe to save as JPEG, full quality, if you only do it once (you can stretch this number, but be careful) and send off. Sending TIFFs over the internet can be really heavy.
- jimbojones0
what I don't get, (nothing against newsflash, just a general rant) why do people get some directions from their service providers and then ask about the details on some random forums rather than the service providers. it's a part of the service to, you know, answer the questions.
- mikabast0
jimbo: why should for example a writer know what dpi means if the publishing company asks her to send them a photo?
- of herselfmikabast
- sure, but the publisher knows that the writer is not a photog, so it's ok to to ask, don't you think?jimbojones
- schjetne0
BAN JIMBO!
- ribit0
They really didn't give you adequate requirements.. I would email them back something like...
"so that's A4 @300dpi, giving pixel dimensions of x by y.. OK?"
just to get everyone clear...
- danthon0
Straight photos are best at 150dpi (generally). So don't stress if they wont size up to 300dpi at that size
- version30
did anyone mention bleed?
- MikeColdFusion0
why is everyone saying uncompressed tiff? why not just use LZW compression? its a lossless compression.
- ive had a couple corruption issues when using the LZDUBbaseline_shift