margaretbonson Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margaretbonson Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 “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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margaretbonson Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 Okay that sounds easy enough. Is ppi and dpi the same thing? Am I saying something wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Nerds will chew your ear about PPI vs DPI, but for all practical purposes, they're the same thing, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margaretbonson Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 Got it. Thanks for the help! *what is the resolution that my images should be saving at?* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margaretbonson Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margaretbonson Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 Ok. How much more levels work until I can get into the skin class? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Plenty more yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margaretbonson Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 Okey doke. Thanks for the help on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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