[Virotype]

Hey guys. I had a couple questions about when you are first starting to make your images.

1. What resolution ( by this i mean height x width in pixels or inches ) do you guys usually draw in?

2. What DPI do you set your image at when you first create it?

This will help me a lot, as I am sometimes lost in what I should be setting my images at.


For instance, I just created a company logo for a banner, but since it was big I wanted it very high resolution so I made it 30 inches wide by 9 inches high at 150 DPI. Does that DPI sound good for the size of it, should I have put it higher or lower? I am not sure. Well anyway the image came out pretty good, but I hope it works well when I print it :)



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- Virotype
http://www.phantommx.com

[Isric]

I'm no Spooge, but for me I use 300 dpi.
I'm not sure about size though...

[General Confusion]

resolution is relevant to however it will be used. For print the typical, proper, dpi is 300, with the ikmage at actual size W X H. However, when doing a logo, if it can't be done in vector, (Illustrator, Freehand) but has to be done in raster (Photoshop) you should try to push the dpi to about 400, at actual size, W X H. By upping the dpi you could insure that the logo will maintain a good clean edge, which is usually needed for quality printing.

As far as the size images are created, again, it all depeneds on how it will be used. Ask yourself will it only be seen on the web, or will it go to print, etc. If you are doing something for an electronic or video distribution, there are ratio constarints you have to meet, but again that is all relative to the project.

There are no sizes that people always stick to, unless they are doing concept stuff, sometimes, cause concepts tend to be just a way to visualize an idea. But sometimes even concepts have specfic size constraints.

Well, enough babbling, just use the size that you and your application (CPU or drawing desk) can comfortably handle.

Hope that helps

later

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[LethargicBoy]

i tryed to create an image at 7000x9000 once, and my computer slowly became more and more handicapped untill it sputtered and crashed

[Spitfire]

Then you have one fine piece of hardware, Lethargic. My Compaq p450 allready flatlines after 15 mins of working on a 3000x2500 file.

[LethargicBoy]

i have an athalon 500mhz w/ 128meg, also i had just finished restarting and not many apps were running in the bkg due to my recent reformatting! i was optimal bayby!