All Media Lab Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Hi, Just watched some tutorials about placing content in Publisher and noticed that images are scaled to fit (this changes the dpi depending on the size of the image and is not what you want). I always learned that you have to create the exact size and dpi for print and then place it in this case in Publisher. What would be the best way to keep the dpi the same and size your images in Photo. Do you keep it all in points? Please some advice for the best workflow on placing images. Regards & Thanks, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Start with a larger dpi and let the software resample it once you are happy with it. It used to be file size was critical and larger files meant more time waiting just to turn a page. DeskTopPublishing software used to run on fairly simple machines and so they didn't have the resampling algorithms run quick enough, I remember just having place holders with the file name of the picture so as to not slow the machines to a crawl. Today I would set up the publisher document and then not worry about the images' dpi unless it was a low resolution small image I wanted in a larger size in the publisher document. If you have hundreds of high resolution photos just place them and Publisher will generate a smaller preview image inside the Publisher file. Really need to know how many pictures you are talking about and what sort of printing you are aiming at. Newsprint verses Fine Art book have two different needs. All Media Lab 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Media Lab Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 Thanks Bruce! Want to create a 3 fold brochure in 400 dpi with some text and images. Converted an example from Indesign to PDF to test Publisher. I'm from a webdesign background so dpi is something I never had to think about! But how does the end result turns out when there are a couple of images with different dpi in that brochure? I'm talking about 398 dpi or 404 dpi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 I wouldn't worry about it. 398 upsampled to 400 isn't going to degrade significantly enough to worry about. That is one half of one percent. The 404 dpi will be fine, so would a 500 dpi image, let the machine do the math. 90% too small is something to worry about, larger dpi values are better. If I had an image which was 2300 dpi when placed and scaled I would definitely consider resizing it but only because of the possibility of a performance hit on the machine and also because of the excessive file size. Generally I like to have some wiggle room and so prefer images to be about 20% higher than my final resolution. If I were doing a fine art publication I would certainly resize the images to their final placed dimensions and dpi. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Media Lab Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 Thanks that makes it clear for me! David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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