Quick, how many pixels per inch is photo quality

rbnyc

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Wed Oct-19-05 02:45 PM
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Quick, how many pixels per inch is photo quality

I need to make a 7 x 10 "camera ready" ad in tif format by the end of the day and I don't know how many pixels per inch to select.

Thanks.

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Sugar Smack

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Wed Oct-19-05 02:46 PM
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1. It's 300 dpi.

Good luck!

:-)

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rbnyc

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Wed Oct-19-05 02:49 PM
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2. Thanks!!! (nt)

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Wed Oct-19-05 02:51 PM
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3. Hey how'd you know that?

oh, wait, nevermind ;)

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DS1

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Wed Oct-19-05 02:51 PM
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4. Do you mean camera ready as in you're going to print something

and they're going to take a picture of it - or you're going to print something that needs to look like a camera took it and it was developed at a film lab?

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rbnyc

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Wed Oct-19-05 02:55 PM
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5. I don't know what they mean.

It will be printed in a book.

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DS1

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Wed Oct-19-05 02:56 PM
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6. Eh, go for the 300, but just for kicks give 600 dpi a try

Your computer may not be able to handle it, because it'll be a file 4 times the size as the 300 dpi option but twice as sharp.

I guess the real question is, what software are you using?

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rbnyc

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Wed Oct-19-05 03:01 PM
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7. I'm using some crap I downloaded for free...

...because we don't have graphics software here. It's Serif PhotoPlus 6.0. It's actually not that bad.

We usually send stuff to a designer, but she's on vacation.

I've done stuff for us in a pinch using nothing but Paint and Powerpoint, but this needs to be in tif.

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DS1

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Wed Oct-19-05 03:02 PM
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8. What's your timeframe?

You could also download Adobe Illustrator CS2 for a 30 day trail, that will be fully functional.

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rbnyc

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Wed Oct-19-05 03:06 PM
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9. 5 pm (nt)

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DS1

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Wed Oct-19-05 03:07 PM
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10. Nevermind, get back to work and

:thumbsup:

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rbnyc

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Wed Oct-19-05 03:13 PM
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11. TY, I'm on it. (nt)

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WCGreen

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Wed Oct-19-05 03:28 PM
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12. 1200....

Edited on Wed Oct-19-05 03:29 PM by WCGreen

Is professional quality...

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