Artist Dilemma #1: Preparing your images for print

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Uploaded by on Nov 15, 2009

This tutorial will show you how to prepare your images for print with Photoshop. While it is geared toward the artist, these techniques are useful for anyone looking to format a photo or image for the standard print project.

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  • Thanks arnoldhenry758! I"m glad this helped. You flier isn't too large, so you might be able to use a 72DPI image. The great thing about digital is you can try it. See how it prints out. If is looks blurry, it's a judgement call to try to get a higher resolution photo. I'm very picky about how things look so I always want the best image possible! Good luck and thanks for subscribing!

  • OK thanks for the information. My flyer size will be 4x6....I think I understand what you're saying now...thank you very much :)

  • Another thing to note. Many point and shoot cameras take photos at 72dpi but the actual size of the image is over 20". This means you can resample your image to 300dpi. However, note the size in pixels of your image's width. Remember that number when you resample in Photoshop. Once you change it to 300dpi, you then need to set the width back to that number in pixels to maintain the image size. If you don't, you are increasing the size along with the resolution & will lose quality in your image.

  • Hi arnoldhenry758!

    Bottom line: you can do this but it depends on how much quality you are willing to sacrifice. The bigger the image you are working with, the more options you have for your projects without sacrificing precious quality. You can go smaller, not bigger. This is the same for resolution. Your flier will look very blurry(pixelated) if you increase it to 300dpi from 72dpi. How big is your flier? 8.5x11? The bigger the better here if you want to resample with minimal quality loss.

  • Its my first time making a flyer for printing so... Can I change my image from 72dpi to 300dpi?

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