hey guys, i hope you can help me with this. I've been messing with my scanned pics in photoshop and illustrator, and when i save them to print again, they come out really digital looking. my lines aren't what i drew...they're more...pixelated or something. i've been saving my pics as jpg and tiff. should i be saving them in another format? thanks for any help.
This is probably a question for the Tips/Tech board. But what resolution are you scanning them in? usually 300 dpi is best for printing. Also, what quality are you saving them as? You can adjust the quality of the jpeg when you save, to cut down on file size; save it at the highest quality next time.
no u want to save them as a "raw" format. if using photoshop just save them as psd files, but jpg is compressed meaning you're losing a lot of quality. u can try saving as bmp at the highest level possible if u have no other options
I generally save TIFFs and PSD workfiles, and use JPG for web distribution, though I'm considering a switch to PNG.
300dpi or higher, LZW compressed .tif for finished files (lossless format with good compression) and .psd for your working files. Never use .jpg for print files.
I save in a raw format for originals, which means TIF or PSD. For full-color I use a 300 dpi resolution, and for black and white 600 dpi.
For the web, I save in either JPG or GIF formats. It depends on the style of artwork which one is better at a smaller file size. For example, lots of gradients and shading are usually better with JPG. For lots of solid colors or black and white I usually use GIF.
This. If you're printing on the web, though, usually people put up strips or pages at 72 or 100 dpis, and those are usually jpgs. Only save a file as a jpeg for web work, really, and only at the finished, final size.Originally Posted by Dash Martin
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