High Resolution Photograph for Magazine?

cerebis

Hi folks,

We've been asked to submit a high resolution photo for publication in a magazine. I've checked out our photos and their dimensions are from 4272 x 2848 and some are 2848 4272. Are these 'high resolution' photos'? Also do they have to be in colour?

an article i was reading on the net said 1500 x 2100
pixels was high resolution but it didnt mention about colour? Does high resolution only mean the dimensions?

Thanks, cerebis!

Nforce

cerebis wrote: »

Hi folks,

We've been asked to submit a high resolution photo for publication in a magazine. I've checked out our photos and their dimensions are from 4272 x 2848 and some are 2848 4272. Are these 'high resolution' photos'? Also do they have to be in colour?

an article i was reading on the net said 1500 x 2100
pixels was high resolution but it didnt mention about colour? Does high resolution only mean the dimensions?

Thanks, cerebis!

I've contributed to several magazine's and was asked to provide images of a maximum of around 1024x768 pixels...no need to send any bigger unless they want to print posters.
As for whether the images should be colour or b&w, what was requested in the assignment?

hbr

cerebis wrote: »

Hi folks,

We've been asked to submit a high resolution photo for publication in a magazine. I've checked out our photos and their dimensions are from 4272 x 2848 and some are 2848 4272. Are these 'high resolution' photos'? Also do they have to be in colour?

an article i was reading on the net said 1500 x 2100
pixels was high resolution but it didnt mention about colour? Does high resolution only mean the dimensions?

Thanks, cerebis!

For a small picture framed by text, you shouldn't need more than 300-600ppi.
I usually send images of about 1600x1200. For a larger
full page or front cover, higher resolution is desirable. Your 4272x2848
pictures should be good enough for anyone. If you are using JPEG
images, use high quality/low compression settings. I use 92 on
the 0-100 scale in Gimp. Non lossy formats like TIFF are better,
but the file size will be much bigger.

Publishers like to get the highest resolution possible. This
gives them more latitude for re-scaling and cropping.

stcstc

easy answer is ask them

but failing that, just send them the full thing, it doesnt hurt i guess

digitalbeginner

Graphic Designers and printers [the people who print magazines not the inkjet printers :-) ] work on the basis of DPI (dots per inch). Digital Images are measured in PPI (pixels per inch). They're not the same. Designers and printers work on the double the dpi to get the ppi needed.

High quality magazines in this country generally use 150dpi. This means that you need 300ppi. In Photoshop or Elements go to "Image Size", click OFF "Resample Image", type in "300" in the Pixels per Inch field and you'll see how big that shot can be printed natively in a magazine.



If this size is too big for the magazine then make a copy of the image and click ON "Resample Image" (leaving the 300ppi) and type in the new width or height needed,

Dave