That may be true on a local level in Australia. It certainly wasn't the case in LA and New York. Paul On Oct 19, 2006, at 9:11 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
> On 20/10/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've had publishers ask for a file with reference only to DPI. One >> was the New York Times photo editor who requested a 150 DPI file. I >> figured the largest they would run it would be four column width, so >> I gave them an 8 inch wide shot at 150 dpi. They ran it four column >> width. Oh, and they use PCs by the way. My long-term observation is >> that most PC users are appliance operators. Many Mac users are >> graphics professionals who understand image sizing. And I've been in >> the publishing/advertising business since long before computers were >> used for page layout. > >> From my publishing experience (which started early 90's when >> computers > began to be implemented in larger facilities using VP and later QE) > I've found quite the opposite. Page layout people especially if they > were only working with positional images had no idea what to ask of > the client WRT file specs, in fact most seemed not even to be aware of > the underlying image format until just a few years ago. PC users have > been painfully aware of all file types until they started dumbing down > the OS and hiding file extensions by default. > > In any case I believe what you say but I'm pretty sure that I've done > more PS/Mac support work across more businesses than yourself as I > serviced the local print/pre-press/design industry at many levels for > quite a few years. > > -- > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
