I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this sooo... yeah...
Well I'm supposed to make a yearbook cover that is 300 dpi, and I know that dpi stands for dots per inch, but does the size of the document matter? Can you determine the document size by knowing the dpi? I read some stuff about but I'm still confused haha
Here are the things I skimmed a bit: http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/200...eally-mean.html

size doesnt matter. it just needs to be 300 dpi for printing. You should get measurements too though. In photoshop cs4 there is a preset option called U.S. Paper. It has the measurements 8.5 x 11 inch piece of paper, which I am guessing is the size that you need to use. And the only thing that makes it 300 dpi is the 300 pixels per inch. Is that what you wanted to know?


edit:

ok ok, I re read. if you are using photoshop then the size you enter is the size that, stays and ditto for the pixels per inch. So just make sure that it is set to 300 pixels per inch.

oOo okay
Thanks for replying; it really helped
too bad I don't have cs4 though

oh and nice signature :P

What are you using?


O and thanks...
Its a little shocking to newcomers...

oh, i'm using cs2 haha

lol i wonder why

Im sure it works the same way.

It is the interwebz :)
edit: oic you are a christian. Me to. I jsut sometimes leave my christianly ways behind when on the computer. hehehehehe.

well, i hope it works the same

well, Christians don't have to be goody-two-shoes haha

PENIS

Make sure Resolution for the Document Size is set at 300. Then set the width and height of the Document Size to whatever you need it to be physically. Don't even look at the pixel dimensions, it's not necessary.

(I should know, I designed our yearbook cover.)

You've gotta exercise caution when resizing photos though, or when converting a lesser DPI photo into a greater DPI photo.

oooo okay
thanks :D
so do I have to uncheck "resample image" in photoshop?

You probably won't have to, since if you do that, it'll change the document size. And the cover is probably something that needs to be an exact size.

I see; so I guess someone can close this topic since I've gotten everything I needed

Well it depends on what you need to do...but for the time being, if you're just creating a new document with the right resolution and document size, you can leave Resample checked. As long as you're resizing your document you shouldn't have to worry about it. :)

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