• Adobe After Effects

  AE for Print (DPI issues)

  Posted by Steven Simpson on March 29, 2007 at 3:36 pm

  Hello Everyone.

  I love working in AE so much, I decided to make some print templates using it. (I love droping a pic in a comp, and have it automatically scaled, add effects, plus position it correctly).

  My workflow was to open a PSD of the correct size (3000 X 3000 X 271 DPI) and recreate it in AE. I then saved it out as a layered PSD and opened in photoshop (just to check it was working. I will deliver via JPG)

  My problem is I need to deliver at 271 DPI, but files out of AE always come at 72 DPI. If I manually change it from 72 to 271 DPI the file becomes huge. If I reduce to 72 DPI in photoshop before opening in AE I seem to loose resolution.

  Can anyone suggest a correct workflow?

  Thanks
  Steve.

  Steven Simpson replied 19 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Kevin Camp

  March 29, 2007 at 3:48 pm

  i assume 3000×3000 is pixels… if it is pixels then there is no dpi (or ppi) to define (if 3000 is inches its a different story).

  if 3000×3000 is pixels, all you have to do is create a simple action in photoshop that uses image size with scale unchecked and enter a resolution in ppi (or ppc if you’re metric). then create a droplet through the automate menu (file>automate) that uses that action you just created. now you can drag and drop an entire folder full of ae rendered images on the droplet and photoshop will make them the correct ppi (and your files won’t get any bigger).

  also, save out of ae as psd (or something without lossy compresssion) then when you set you ps batch process, have it create the jpg (no need to compress twice).

  Kevin Camp
  Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW
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  Steven Simpson

  March 29, 2007 at 4:40 pm

  Thanks for the quick response.

  What you suggested worked perfectly (and I learned what droplets are good for!).

  Thanks a million.

  Steve

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