Photoshop settings for print

Ravage1616

I've never printed any thing i've made in photoshop.

But a friends band want me to make some posters for him, and can remember which settings to use LAB or cymk?

Thanks in advance!

eamon234

CMYK for print - and you'll need to make sure the resolution is at least 300dpi

Ravage1616

Thanks for that, how do i make sure its 300dpi?

forbairt

When you are creating a new image ... you'll see .. Width ... Height ... Resolution ... change it from the default 72 .. ? .. to 300 pixels / inch

Ravage1616

Yeah i knew that, but only realised it after reading your post! Bit slow today"

forbairt

Ravage1616 wrote:

Yeah i knew that, but only realised it after reading your post! Bit slow today"

no worries we all have those days

Scotty #

eamon234 wrote:

CMYK for print - and you'll need to make sure the resolution is at least 300dpi

hi, is there ever any point to going over 300dpi?? I ask because I read that the human eye can not distingush over 300dpi, so 400 would look the same as 900 wouldn't it? (I should have really tested this before asking:rolleyes: )

Gordon

I worked in an image licensing company and we used 300dpi RGB for photographs to be sent to magazines, 200dpi for newspapers.

heggie

human eye can see 1000 dpi i think. if your text is rastered it should be set at 1200

Creative Storm

As eamon234 said, 300dpi is a decent starting point. I would recommend 600dpi and you will be grand.