Re: image processor..

jjs <jjs.jjs.net> wrote:

"Johan W. Elzenga" <nomail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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maya <maya778899@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

yes I do know all this.. only thing is, an image at 300dpi is much
larger than an image if 72 dpi, right???

Wrong. The image size is the same. Resolution is just an instruction for
the printer, which tells the printer how many pixels should be fitted
into one inch of paper. Nothing more, nothing less.

Sometimes the printer (if you are talking about the machine) discards
whatever rez you specify and reprocesses for itself. See, the dialog goes,
"Hello stupid! What size paper are you using? (A smart printer knows that
already.) Do you want the picture to fill the page? Oops. It's a little (too
long, too wide). Can I trim it? Yeah? OK! We are good to go!" and it spits
out crap. And people are happy. I dig the tiny pictures interpolated to
8x10. Just so "arty"!

Sometimes the vernacular should be followed even if it is just plain
misguided and wrong.

I do a lot of image prep of photos of sculpture and paintings for show and
grant submissions. Some of the clients are new at this whole digital
submission thing and specify specifically what "dpi" they want, but they
also specify the dimensional box in which an image must fit (good old Fit
Image!). As we all know, it's really about pixels but sometimes they have
the temerity to actually look at the image's ppi/dpi/whatever in their
favorite or default and stupid image browser and NOT the dimension in
pixels, then throw the images out for not being to spec although they are in
spec! I swear some of them hire day help who get a cartoon for directions.

So what's your point? That doesn't change the fact that resolution does
not determine file size in any way.


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