I have often had photographs published. Most printers want 250-300 ppi tiff files. The size is maximum 21 x 30 cm A4 (8x12") or (very rare) A3 (12x17"). A4 (21 x 30 cm) is by 300 ppi appr. 3600 x 2500 pixel. So, a 6MP picture is (almost) enough for full page print.
If you - on the other hand want to scan a 35mm neg for printing, you'll need to scan at 3000 ppi, ORIGINAL, in order to get a 12" print at 300 ppi. They may also tell me which colour profile they want. 4000 ppi is outrageous! If they ask for 4000 ppi it's probably not for printing in the magazines. It may be needed for very special printers, certaily not for normal, photoralistic work. Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 1. oktober 2005 15:15 Til: [email protected] Emne: OT - Sizing a photo for publication I've got a few pics that are going to a magazine. They are now 4000ppi PSD or TIFF files of about 130mb in size. The magazine wants 5x7 or 8x10 sized JPEG files. What would be the ideal ppi for something like this - the magazine is one of those weekend supplements for a newspaper. Also, when I've resized the photos and looked at them @ print size in PS, they seem to be smaller than the dimensions indicate. Can someone explain that to me. I've never done this magazine/newspaper thing before in quite this way - submitting the pix via email. Shel
