Simon writes ... > Thanks again for the replies. However I'm now starting to realise > the depth of my ignorance and am not completely following. > ... > As it's obvious to me ( and you lot no doubt) that I'm a novice, could > someone just simply tell me what to do stage by stage? > This is what I think I should do from other emails. > scan at 4000/14bit, getting a file size of about 190mb. > Then in Image Size untick the resample box, set the document size to > 60" and then do my Photoshop work. I think that gave me an > automatic ppi of 97. The pixel dimensions remain at 100% (5826). > ...
If I open "new" at 6cmx6cm @ 4000ppi, I get 9449 pixels square. If I then change the print dimension to 60", I get a resulting ppi of 157.5. So check your procedure. Regarding the basics, see: http://www.scantips.com/ cheerios ... shAf :o) Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland www.micro-investigations.com (in progress) =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
