Banner size

[margaretbonson]

Hey Damien,

A client wants a banner size print. The only info they are giving me is that it needs to be 300 dpi and high resolution. What other info do I need from the lab? How do I go about this?

 

Thanks!

[Damien Symonds]

Oh yeah, very vague.  Unfortunately, quite common.

Do you know if the banner is ONLY going to be your photo?  Or will it be part of a design of some sort?

[margaretbonson]

“It will be on a 5 ft by 7.5 ft banner. It will probably take up 1/3 or 1/2 of it. “

 

Exact words from my client.

 

[Damien Symonds]

Excellent.

So yes, do exactly what they say.  Give them a Level 11 quality Jpeg file, make sure the resolution is 300ppi, but make NO change to the image size.  Send them the full-res file that you camera took.

[margaretbonson]

Okay that sounds easy enough. Is ppi and dpi the same thing? Am I saying something wrong? 

[Damien Symonds]

Nerds will chew your ear about PPI vs DPI, but for all practical purposes, they're the same thing, yes.

[margaretbonson]

Got it. Thanks for the help!

*what is the resolution that my images should be saving at?*

[Damien Symonds]

8 hours ago, margaretbonson said:

*what is the resolution that my images should be saving at?*

As part of your general workflow, do you mean?

[margaretbonson]

Yes

[Damien Symonds]

It doesn't matter.  It absolutely does.not.matter.  Your master files can be 300, 240, 72, 89, 426, 138265, 9, etc.  It's completely irrelevant.

It only matters when sharpening for print, and you'll learn about that in the Sharpening Class.

[margaretbonson]

Ok. How much more levels work until I can get into the skin class?

[Damien Symonds]

Plenty more yet.

[margaretbonson]

Okey doke. 

Thanks for the help on this.