When to use 300 dpi and 72 dpi?
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- jayg0ldfinger
Hey,
I know this question might seem obvious but I just wanted to double check. For web design the standard dpi is 72... for print design its 300, right??
- tank020
96 beter (web)
350 also better (print)
- jfletcher0
Well, new machines have 96 and 120dpi, so it's chaning, but in the past, it has been 72dpi.
For print, yeah, 300 is a fine standard I've seen. It's like the rule of thumb from what I remember (but that was like 8 years ago)
- horton0
print best to double the linescreen of press... ie. 175 lpi = 350 dpi.
- eryx0
Does anyone know what it is for a billboard?
What about the side of a building?
- ********0
Depends on the billboard. Some are REALLY low dpi due to viewing distance.
- jayg0ldfinger0
Can most monitors handle 96 dpi?? I thought 72 dpi was the max.
- Gucci0
ask your printer for the right answer.
300ppi is usually safe.
- TheeOtherJuan0
Its not the monitor. It is the OS of your computer. This is why we designers use MACs instead of Windows based machines.
Windows max resolution is 96ppi and MACs are 120ppi (Pixels per inch).
HD might/will have change this. Change your local vendor ;)
- designbot0
Why is 96 the new standard? Part of it just because of increased average bandwidth?
(still using 72)
- rainman0
yeah... i'm a 72dpi web designer as well. Never heard that 96 was the new average.
- CALLES0
72 dpi for broadcast
- ********0
Guys, resolution doesn't matter on the web. If an image is a 100px across it doesn't matter if it's 72 or 96 or 1200 it's going to get displayed at 100px across.
Y'all design websites with pixels not inches right?- So, 72dpi for web here.********
- as far as i know a 72 dpi image would have less pixels across********
- 100 pixels wide@ 72dpi = 100 pixels wide.
100 px wide @ 96 dpi = 100px wide.TheFatBaron - lolinvisiblechamber
- I use stones, just like Noah.TheBlueOne
- So, 72dpi for web here.
- erikjonsson0
this 96 is new to me? since when?
- ********0
72= web and 300 for print...
anything else will just slow you down
- i disagree on the 300horton
- if you are doing offset print you can work up to 600 dpi... but be prepared to have large files********
- most printers wont be able to handle anything more********
- ********0
fuck, I did 210 for my booklet. fack
- You're fired.********
- nah I did it because atherwise I wouldn't find any pics that are big enough.. but now.. I shot my own.. and it's not much difference********
- ..difference********
- You're fired.
- JerseyRaindog0
300dpi for print. Though to be honest you'll get away with as little as 250 depending on what you're printing. And if it's an advert for a good old fashioned newspaper could even be as low as 150dpi. And that's 12 years experience talking.
- true true********
- Yep.
Newspapers are lower res. Some art-books are a higher res.******** - truetank02
- what about 210..? lol********
- Nope. 211 maybe...JerseyRaindog
- ah ok, i change it to 300 then.
Edit -> canvassize -> 210 into 300
DONE******** - j/K********
- I heard 266marychain
- true true
- OSFA0
I thought you were 18...
- Jersey started in the industry at a very young age...********
- daymn!OSFA
- Oh, i'm old. http://www.flickr.co…JerseyRaindog
- Jersey started in the industry at a very young age...
- ********0
Jersey is an old guy, lives in a cave, together with charlie the unicorn
- ********0
ESPtype,
I'm using a different number of pixels because the math is clearer...Consider:
144px image at 72dpi is 2" across.
and
144px image at 96dpi is 1.5" across.
Both contain 144px across — just the mosaic is made of larger or smaller squares.When you're linking an image in a website you specify its width in pixels, not inches. Resolution is actually *kind* of independent of this equation. Right?
You can link a PNG that's on a 2 inch canvas in photoshop at 72dpi or a or a 1.5 inch canvas at 96dpi, but once it hits your webpage the res doesn't really matter.Theoretically you could set your jpegs to 300dpi for web and still be fine — your browser won't care, it's only reading the actual pixel dimensions.
- nice. put the rgb or cmyk question that clear and we are done.invisiblechamber
- wrong buddy********
- graham0
photoshop save for web converts to 72 right?
- Yes.
Because that's the standard.******** - *gets popcorn*invisiblechamber
- Yes.