Looking (yes, again) for a little help from the assembled knowledge base here.
As unlikely as it seems I am having two photos published in the summer issue of a local magazine. I have decent Photoshop skills and have done O.K. prepping images to send to MPix etc. for printing, but I've never submitted anything final to a magazine.
So in general any tips anyone has would be much appreciated.
Specifically, one thing I'm curious about is that they asked for a 300dpi image at least 10" wide... these are both RAW images that started out ~13" wide at 240 dpi. Do I just use Photoshop's image size dialogue to change it to 300dpi? If so, do I do that with Resample Image box checked or not?
Obviously I've resized to post online plenty of times but now I'm getting my brain all twisted around b-c it's making me nervous
Another thought... I sharpened this at its largest size, do I need to do any different sharpening after changing the DPI or before I submit it?
So any advice would be greatly appreciated... the two images (in lower res form) they accepted are linked below:
http://www.pictureofnectar.com/Photos/Down_Valley.php
http://www.pictureofnectar.com/Photos/Phantom_Hill.php
Ask the guys in the production part of the magazine exactly what they like to see come to them. If they print off site find out who prints it and ask them what the pressmen need besides image size. Like what format, jpg, tiff, etc., etc. Don't sharpen any image going to production because they will do that for you according to their specific needs. If you over sharpen then you can mess them up on getting a good clean crisp reproduction. Bottom line all publications are different and all production people use different ways of coming to the same end result and if you do to much to an image before they get it into their workflow your going to hurt yourself more then help.
If you do need to re-size, then yes, use the Photoshop Image Size with resampling checked. You can also use the Crop tool with specified dimensions and resolution. As Alan pointed out, in this case you don't need to Resample, just change the PPI.
Unless otherwise specified, the file you submit should be in Adobe RGB profile, with all layers flattened. It's best not to have any clipping of either highlights or shadows.
Do not do any sharpening beyond a moderate amount of initial capture sharpening. The output sharpening needs to be done by the production people after final sizing and conversion to CMYK profile.
A file that is 10" and 300 ppi will be fairly large. If they provide FTP, you can upload a TIFF to their server. Otherwise you might have to make it a JPEG (level 12 or 10) to make the file small enough to email.
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3 repliesLooking (yes, again) for a little help from the assembled knowledge base here.
As unlikely as it seems I am having two photos published in the summer issue of a local magazine. I have decent Photoshop skills and have done O.K. prepping images to send to MPix etc. for printing, but I've never submitted anything final to a magazine.
So in general any tips anyone has would be much appreciated.
Specifically, one thing I'm curious about is that they asked for a 300dpi image at least 10" wide... these are both RAW images that started out ~13" wide at 240 dpi. Do I just use Photoshop's image size dialogue to change it to 300dpi? If so, do I do that with Resample Image box checked or not?
Obviously I've resized to post online plenty of times but now I'm getting my brain all twisted around b-c it's making me nervous
Another thought... I sharpened this at its largest size, do I need to do any different sharpening after changing the DPI or before I submit it?
So any advice would be greatly appreciated... the two images (in lower res form) they accepted are linked below:
http://www.pictureofnectar.com/Photos/Down_Valley.php
http://www.pictureofnectar.com/Photos/Phantom_Hill.php
Thanks in advance!
-- Bass
Unless otherwise specified, the file you submit should be in Adobe RGB profile, with all layers flattened. It's best not to have any clipping of either highlights or shadows.
Do not do any sharpening beyond a moderate amount of initial capture sharpening. The output sharpening needs to be done by the production people after final sizing and conversion to CMYK profile.
A file that is 10" and 300 ppi will be fairly large. If they provide FTP, you can upload a TIFF to their server. Otherwise you might have to make it a JPEG (level 12 or 10) to make the file small enough to email.