The age-old print design question

[Max Bretherton]

hi..

to check the print quality just save a frame out and open it in Photoshop.
the dpi will be 72. uncheck the ‘resample’ check box b4 you change it to your desired print res – i do my photo prints at 240dpi, but 180 is ok these days, with a good printer – the print size will change to match your dpi and that is how big your print will be.

1024/576(pal) will print 10.8 by 6.1 cm at 240dpi. i just checked by making a file in photoshop.

hope that helps…regards…max

now please help me out with my problem i just posted…lol

thanks and regards…max

[Mike Clasby]

I think 300 dpi is a kind of standard, but I get Photo prints at Costco and they print at 265 dpi beautifully, so somewhere in that range. I hear of people printing at higher res but I don’t really believe they can see the difference, maybe I’m opening a can of worms here. (Go ahead and laugh in the back row, but Costco’s Fuji Crystal Archive Paper (75 years) and you can even get the Store’s Color Profile online and at $3 for a 11×14 or 12×18 print I feel like laughing when I open my wallet (barely open my wallet)).

[Andrew Yoole]

300 dpi is the defacto standard for print artwork. Designing at lower resolutions can be problematic when printing colour seperated CMYK (patterning can be introduced by the screening of colours) but less of an issue for direct digital prints (like inkjet and dye sublimation printers).

Just do the maths from there:

4.75 x 300 dpi = 1425 pixels. So your 4.75 x 4.75 inch artwork should be 1425 x 1425 pixels.

[Dwaynne]

Thanks, ‘drew!

[Majorasshole]

generally people use 300-350dpi
Some people prefer 350 for clarity especially if there is alot of contrast/detail or fonts
multiply 300 (or 350 or whatever you used)by your length and width for how many pixels to make it, in the end just save out a frame as a psd and print it at the dpi rate it was created.