Sunday, November 14, 2010

Photoshop- Print size and DPI question?

I'm not very good at photoshop, so please help!



I have a picture on photoshop and hope to get it printed on some t-shirts. The printer's requriements are that the image has to be 300dpi and actual print size at 100%.



How do i change the dpi (is that the same as changing ppi?) and how do I change the print size? The print size is only at 24%.



Thanks in advancePhotoshop- Print size and DPI question?
A dot is a pixel, dpi is dots per inch, and a ppi is a pixel per inch, so it's the same thing yes.

When you print you have to print in such a way that it has to stretch onto the size of the paper, and you type that in inches to photoshop and print to fit the page.(Stretching)Photoshop- Print size and DPI question?
So here's the thing, I don't agree with the other persons post. But mine may be a bit advanced so i'm just going to say, if you want one of my experts (like Ben Willmore) to show you this in Photoshop on a video Tutorial, you need to check out xTrain.com's training, he does a fab job explaining DP

I, PPI, Print Size and print Resolutions (which is what the other poster got you into, but in enough trouble that i'd seriously watch Ben's Class)...



As far as answering your question... There are some basic things you need to find out about your work before I can answer more questions....



from the menu in photoshop, go to image%26gt;image size

This will tell you the details you need to know before you start changing/resizing/editing your file.



in the middle of this dialog it tells you what the dimensions of your art is. In Inches, and in Resolution.



For simplicity sake, I am going to use a typical answer I get from students all the time...



My image is 6'; x4'; at 72dpi.



Well, my friend this isn't going to work. The resolution 72 dpi is too low for printing and will come out very ';blocky'; you know like a bad youtube video that's blurry and hard to watch, but on a T-Shirt. Part B of this scenario is - the image it self is only 6x4... that means, it really will print at that size, in a low quality (based on resolution)....



So... Take a look at your dialog, if you resize the image here, you risk having a blotchy image. Try it, but don't save... Then zoom the image to 100% on your screen. This is the best way to see the closest result of how good/bad your image will look when it prints.



I really recommend taking a few minutes and watching Ben's Course... or if you might want to try some more adventurous but free classes from xTrain first, you are welcome to check out Russell Brown's tutorials.



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