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    tonychel
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    Posted: 2004-Jun-16 08:14
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    Hi guys,

    I am making a cover design with a requirement of
    8 1/2" x 11" size for hardcopy production.

    I have done the design. My problem is when I set
    the image size to this size, it only shows almost 10%
    of the whole image on my 17" monitor as I set the view
    to zoom 100%.

    I'm using photoshop 7

    I am thinking this is more than the actual size.
    Is this correct?
    Is the zoom value (magnifying glass) shows the actual
    size?

    Thanks for your help.
    Anthony




    philh
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    Posted: 2004-Jun-16 08:44
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    What resolution is your image - in pixels to the inch?

    For print it needs to be around 300 ppi - on the web it needs to be 72 ppi.

    Photoshop percentages are based on 72 ppi (screen resolution) so if you have an image that is 8.5" x 11" at 300 ppi it will appear to be 35" x 45" - hope this makes sense, it's a hard thing to explain



    excell
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    Posted: 2004-Jun-16 13:46
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    Use your navigator ( in photoshop ) to view it on your screen.. a print quality production will be only a corner of your screen if you are viewing it at actual size. Check your image size it should be 8 1/2" x 11" with dpi of at leat 300... Print it out on your own printer to make sure it looks good.

    The navigator tool in photoshop will enable you to easily enlarge & zoom in on your work and view different bits up close as needed the piece you are working on...to get it all on the screen you need to reduce it with the slide bar to the left until it is comfortable to view on screen.



    tonychel
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    Posted: 2004-Jun-17 03:13
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    Thank you very much for your response, philh, excell.
    I have made changes on my image size settings.

    Here they are:
    Here's the image size of my design.

    Pixel dimension
    width 2250 pixels
    height 3350 pixels

    Document size
    8.5 inches
    11 inches
    300 pixels/inch

    I right click and choose "Fit on
    screen" and the zoom percentage value now is
    19.1%, looking on my 17" monitor.


    Printing settings
    scale 100%
    height 11 inches
    width 8.5 inches

    It printes out without problem.

    Now the file size is 26MB. How should I
    deliver this big file to him?
    What should be the correct format for him
    to send this image file to printing company?
    I have really idea.

    Thanks.
    Anthony

    [ Message was edited by: tonychel 06/16/2004 07:51 pm ]





    philh
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    Posted: 2004-Jun-17 09:43
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    Generally a tiff (.tif) format is best (no compression) with the picture converted to cmyk if it is currently rgb.

    burn it to cd

    HTH


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