Creating clear 72ppi images

[Merlin]

I need to create banners for a web site and I am following the specification which is 160 x 600 @72dpi. My understanding is this is the pixel size (160 pixels x 600 pixels) so that must mean the specification for dpi is irrelevant?

Nonetheless I attach the PNG I created using these dimensions by exporting from Designer and I'm concerned it seems blurred. Do you think this will look fine on a computer screen? Any assistance appreciated because I think I'm overthinking this.

[Alfred]

I would be more concerned about the horrible kerning, or lack thereof! Look at the huge gap between the ‘A’ and ‘v’ in ‘Available’, and the ‘f’ and ‘o’ in ‘for’. (Nice looking font, apart from that.)

[Wosven]

Perhaps you need to export at  a larger size and sharpen it when resizing to the exact size.

About the font, it nice, but difficult to read and poorly kerned (?). For it to look nice and readable,  you would need to redraw each character depending of the adjacent ones...

I"'m sure you can find another one in the same spirit, but more readable. (This one make me think of the one used in the game Diablo, for the name, and using a modified Copperplate for long texts.)

[Jowday]

4 hours ago, Merlin said:

I need to create banners for a web site and I am following the specification which is 160 x 600 @72dpi. My understanding is this is the pixel size (160 pixels x 600 pixels) so that must mean the specification for dpi is irrelevant?

Nonetheless I attach the PNG I created using these dimensions by exporting from Designer and I'm concerned it seems blurred. Do you think this will look fine on a computer screen? Any assistance appreciated because I think I'm overthinking this.

The spec says 160 x 600 - DPI is irrelevant. 

For some reason finishing web/screen graphics in Designer is a pain. I really would expect that I could select output sharpening (screen or print) in the export persona or export dialog. But no.

What you CAN do:

• Group all layers in the web banner and label the group Original
• Duplicate the group and label the duplicate Export
• Select the duplicate, right click it and select rasterize
• Go to the pixel persona
• Select the sharpening tool
• Select a modest opacity in the toolbar - 20% to 50%
• Select 'Unsharp mask' in 'Mode'
• Sharpen what needs sharpening - selectively painting with sharpening

If you also have Photo you have more tools for sharpening and clarity - but the above should be enough.

Standard vs sharpened example (exaggerated for the demonstration) using this simple workaround in Designer:

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