How can I get rid of the pixelated nonsense?
I've got a Photoshop doc that I've created that looks great on screen. Initially created it in CMYK at 300 dpi. When I go to print it, it looks pixelated. I've got the CS4 creative suite, so I want to believe I've got the tools necessary to do whatever needs to be done to be able to print a clean looking copy, but I don't know what to do.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
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h3nnys
Also check the print settings and make sure that the print quality is set correctly :)
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'a Photoshop doc that I've created'
D_Brugge:
If brucegust was creating a design or artwork from scratch - which appears to be a possibility - it would solve his problem.
brucegust:
Applying the same guidelines to any small image (should be in jpg format for best results) before u drag it into your artwork should reduce the pixellation significantly.
Of course, as D_Brugge has indicated, there is a limit to how much a small image can be enlarged before pixellation becomes evident.
Good Luck!
D_Brugge:
If brucegust was creating a design or artwork from scratch - which appears to be a possibility - it would solve his problem.
brucegust:
Applying the same guidelines to any small image (should be in jpg format for best results) before u drag it into your artwork should reduce the pixellation significantly.
Of course, as D_Brugge has indicated, there is a limit to how much a small image can be enlarged before pixellation becomes evident.
Good Luck!
@ avgavg
> If brucegust was creating a design or artwork from scratch - which appears to be a possibility - it would solve his problem.
Not if he created a small image to start with. Now I realize that it would have to be very small, but we don't know what "it looks pixelated" means so, until brucegust checks in with some more information, we're all shooting in the dark.
BTW, I didn't mean to jump your case about your solution. I'm just looking out for the novice that comes across articles in the Knowledge Base and thinks that you can take any size image and sample it up to poster size like they do in the movies. 'taint goin'a happen.
> If brucegust was creating a design or artwork from scratch - which appears to be a possibility - it would solve his problem.
Not if he created a small image to start with. Now I realize that it would have to be very small, but we don't know what "it looks pixelated" means so, until brucegust checks in with some more information, we're all shooting in the dark.
BTW, I didn't mean to jump your case about your solution. I'm just looking out for the novice that comes across articles in the Knowledge Base and thinks that you can take any size image and sample it up to poster size like they do in the movies. 'taint goin'a happen.
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Turns out that my original document was CMYK, but I made the mistake of setting its resolution to 72, which was a total drag in that I had to recreate the whole thing using a 300 dpi resolution. Once that was in place, we were gold!
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