[Birdrock]

Hello Jon,

You came through for me again; I really appreciate your time and guidance…

Bird

[Birdrock]

Hello Jon,

You did an excellent job both describing correlation between dpi and ppi and you also helped me breath a little easier regarding being able to count on being able to get high resolution prints generated from ProAnimator. If I could just follow up with another couple of quick questions, it would be very much appreciated.

Question 1 – What is the optimal output choice for the highest quality end result, I’m assuming it would be either Cineon Full, 3656 x 2664 or Film (4K) 4096 x 3112?

Question 2 – When you were referring to resizing the image to fit my layout in PhotoShop I’m hoping you to mean the following. Currently I am rendering the graphic from animatorPro as a .tga file using the preset Film (4K) 4096 x 3112 and then opening it in Photoshop, I then open it in PhotoShop and simply drag it over into my existing 600 ppi PDF layered layout. At this point it is way to big for the design layout so I use ctl+T to resize the image using the old shift and drag technique to size the image to fit my layout. So the question is, is that correct procedure for properly resizing an image created in AnimatorPro to achieve the best result when printing using a high resolution 4 color printing press process?

Question 3 – Should I do any resizing of the 3D image in PhotoShop before I pull it into existing PhotoShop working project?

Question 4 – Considering I’m currently scaling the 3D image down instead of up in PhotoShop to fit my design, do I still need to consider using the sharpen tool to address the issue you described regarding the issue of Photoshop interpolating the data creating more pixels?

Thanks so much for the help! I will surely “pass it on”!

[Birdrock]

I am trying to do the same thing by creating a 3D logo in ZaxWerks and then import it into PhotoShop to create a 600 dpi print job. The printing company and am planning to use for printing has me just a little confused as I am more of a video specialist verses stills for printing purposes. I was told by the printing company that you can’t take a 72 dpi output image know matter how large (width and height you output it) and print it on a high resolution printer and have it come out looking sharp and crisp. He said that the graphic is still only going to print at the 72 dpi that AnimatorPro exports at. He is saying the artwork needs to be created at the same resolution you want it to be printed at because it will only print out at the resolution it was created at. Does any of this make sense to any of you pro’s out there and if so could you please shed some light on a way to increase the actual resolution of a logo coming from ZaxWerks AnimatorPro? Thanks in advance for your guidance!