Need some advice

[JoeKing]

I just finished a small graphical project for a company (see previous thread ) and I'm about to send out the master CD. I want to include multiple sizes on the cd in case they might need different sizes in the future (very tech dumb company I doubt they could resize on their own).

I'm going to put directories on the cd labeled

x-large = 2219x2573
large = ?
medium = ?
small = ?

what resolution would you put for each corresponding folder? The largest version of the picture I have is 2219x2573, so I'll put that in the x-large directory.

thanks, this is my first project of this sort so I'm flying a little blind here.

 

[bob4432]

maybe

large ~1600x? (whatever yours scales too)
medium ~1024x?
small ~ 800x?
web ~ 400-600x?

just thoughts, you may also want to put it on the cd at different dpis, like for print and for web ->300/72...

 

[JoeKing]

Originally posted by: bob4432
maybe

large ~1600x? (whatever yours scales too)
medium ~1024x?
small ~ 800x?
web ~ 400-600x?

just thoughts, you may also want to put it on the cd at different dpis, like for print and for web ->300/72...

I was thinking of different putting different DPI, but I want to keep it as simple as possible, plus I handle all of their webwork so I'll know if they use this image for that purpose. It's also a relativly simple black and white "cartoonie" image with some text.

Wouldn't a printer usually want the highest dpi as possible?

 

[Phoenix86]

Please also include .jpgs at various resolutions as well. I can't tell you how many times I have deal with 100+mb power point presentations with 3-4 pictures (.tiff) in them. :|

 

[yoda291]

depends on what they'll be doing with the graphic, you should ask, if it's going on a poster or being printed on a large format, uncompressed tiff at whatever resolution you created it in. If it's a logo that will end up on many different mediums, send an AI file or in a pinch, an fla. If it's a web graphic, ask for resolution or set of resolutions. Don't forget, at some point, someone will have to actually use the graphic somewhere and it'll be up to them to fit it somewhere.

 

[JoeKing]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86
Please also include .jpgs at various resolutions as well. I can't tell you how many times I have deal with 100+mb power point presentations with 3-4 pictures (.tiff) in them. :|

I'm going to be submitting all of the pictures at photoshops maximum jpeg quality. Again it's a fairly simple image so loss due to compression will be minimal.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: JoeKing

Originally posted by: bob4432
maybe

large ~1600x? (whatever yours scales too)
medium ~1024x?
small ~ 800x?
web ~ 400-600x?

just thoughts, you may also want to put it on the cd at different dpis, like for print and for web ->300/72...

I was thinking of different putting different DPI, but I want to keep it as simple as possible, plus I handle all of their webwork so I'll know if they use this image for that purpose. It's also a relativly simple black and white "cartoonie" image with some text.

Wouldn't a printer usually want the highest dpi as possible?

i was assuming it was raster art, but is it vector? if so you could probably go higher, but all the times i have talked to a printer, they said a tif, psd, eps or ai of 300 would be good. maybe somebody with more experinced with this can chime in.

 

[JoeKing]

Originally posted by: yoda291
depends on what they'll be doing with the graphic, you should ask, if it's going on a poster or being printed on a large format, uncompressed tiff at whatever resolution you created it in. If it's a logo that will end up on many different mediums, send an AI file or in a pinch, an fla. If it's a web graphic, ask for resolution or set of resolutions. Don't forget, at some point, someone will have to actually use the graphic somewhere and it'll be up to them to fit it somewhere.

lol I've asked those exact same questions many times, but the only reply I get is "I don't know"

You should see the look on the CEOs face when I start talking sizes, formats, and res. :laugh:

 

[yoda291]

Originally posted by: JoeKing

Originally posted by: yoda291
depends on what they'll be doing with the graphic, you should ask, if it's going on a poster or being printed on a large format, uncompressed tiff at whatever resolution you created it in. If it's a logo that will end up on many different mediums, send an AI file or in a pinch, an fla. If it's a web graphic, ask for resolution or set of resolutions. Don't forget, at some point, someone will have to actually use the graphic somewhere and it'll be up to them to fit it somewhere.

lol I've asked those exact same questions many times, but the only reply I get is "I don't know"

You should see the look on the CEOs face when I start talking sizes, formats, and res. :laugh:

considering that it's a simple black and white cartoony type image, I'd go for ai or any other vector format. that way, the CEO can import it into software and use the mouse to "visually" size it how he/she wants it without screwing it up. Plus you can always convert to jpg in the future at most any size you could need.

my director here has the same problem with tech, but once you show him that you can drag the picture out and it doesn't look all screwy, it's like watching kids at xmas.