Hi - A lot of good info has gone out today regarding this. A good consideration is to deliver images ready for press. This will push you toward files that are 8000 pixels for a full page illustration. Maybe 6000 for a half page image. Mid range cameras and scanners may have trouble creating images that large. Also you *may* want to capture your files as 16-bit RGB tif, 600 dpi. Everything for press gets delivered at 300 dpi CMYK 8-bit however. Master files are great but- I am also always a fan of capturing files for a certain use. A photo project (such as Julie's) may be printed in duotone for example, so the workflow should be pointed at that. Or a web project can fly thru a production cycle if jpegs are all that are needed.
JEFF Jeffrey Evans Digital Imaging Specialist Princeton University Art Museum 609.258.8579 > Just to be clear, interpolating is not the same as scaling. > Wanting a 5x7 photo or document to be 200% its size when scanning > is scaling. Having a completed 5x7 scan at 300ppi and then making > the file larger is interpolating. > > Mike Rippy > IMA Photographer > mrippy at ima.museum > (317)920-2662 ext.191 > > IMA > 4000 Michigan Road > Indianapolis, IN, USA 46208-3326 > www.ima.museum > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
