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hardrocker88
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 Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 3:23 pm Post subject: "DRAG AND DROP" VS "PLACE" IMAGE |
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I have a few questions, if any one can answer any of these it would be great.
So I am making a banner using Photoshop that will be 8ft wide by 4ft tall.
The company I am having this printed has this disclaimer about the the
images resolutions.
Resolution:
All file formats must have a minimum of 150 dpi (dot per inch) resolution at 100% of the final print size.
Print images need to be created at 350 dpi or there will be a substantial drop in the image quality.
- Does this mean that the actual banner file needs to be 350 dpi and any images I use in it need to be a minimum of 150 dpi?
- The next question has to do with my subject title. I am not sure which is better, to drag and drop an image or to place it. Which one actually places
the images at its actual size in relation to the file, in this case the banner file?
Because when I dragged and dopped it, the images was smaller compared to the same images placed in. |
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YourOnlySin
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From what I gather from your description, your assumption is exactly correct. You may have a rough time finding any stock images with 150dpi resolution at those dimensions, however.
Place image vs. drag and drop. Let me see if I can tackle this.
Both are good ways to put an document (image) onto another photoshop image. Both will do the same thing as far as sizing. The document you are bringing into the photoshop image will retain its original size unless it is larger than the photoshop image you are trying to put it on, then photoshop will resize the document. This feature can be turned off in preferences.
I think the biggest difference between the two is that using the place command, brings the document into the photoshop image as a smart object which will most likely have to be rasterized before you do any editing to it aside from adding text. Drag and drop does not do this and also gives you the option of saving any edits done within the photoshop environment to the original document.
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hardrocker88
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Okay.
Because what I am doing is opening a blank photoshop file that is 72in x 36in (decided to go a bit smaller) at 350 resolution, and im gonna add several image onto that blank file. The images are 12in x 24in at 180 resolution. Its not that i am looking for one image the size of that banner as it is going to mainly contain text, other than these few images which are perfect at that size, so I know they are not larger than the blank file (72x36in) but when I drag the image in it is smaller compared to the one that is placed, which actually goes in at 12 x 24in. So I wonder why when dragged its smaller? is it because of the resolution differences? Would the images qualities both be the same? |
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YourOnlySin
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YES! The images are changing size because of the resolution differences.
The original 12x24 images were at 180 resolution which gave a file size of 2160x4320 pixels. When you dropped the image onto the 350 dpi background, photoshop changed the resolution to 350 dpi as well, but the overall size of the image was still 2160x4320 pixels. With that in mind, you now have images that are physically smaller. 6.17 inches by 12.34 inches, to be close to exact.
To retain a physical size of 12 x 24 inches when you place them into the big background, you'll first have to change the image sizes to 4200x8400 pixels. That will get you the 12x24 inches at 350 dpi resolution.
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hardrocker88
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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okay with that said,
which process will yield a better result? |
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YourOnlySin
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hardrocker88
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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alright, well thanks for your help! |
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