Saving PU papers

Hi Ladies

I was wondering how high a resolution do you save your papers in, for your PU kits?

300 psi is the industry standard suitable for printing, Sus.

Kay E wrote:300 psi is the industry standard suitable for printing, Sus.

I know, but do you save as 8,9,10 or 12?

Sus wrote:

Kay E wrote:300 psi is the industry standard suitable for printing, Sus.

I know, but do you save as 8,9,10 or 12?

You're talking specifically about the PS dialog box you get when you save .JPG files - the JPEG Options dialog box for the Image Quality of the save.

I always use an image quality of 10 and set the Format Option to Baseline ("Standard").

There is no need to use a higher quality for what we do as a setting of 12 makes the file sizes much too large and the difference in quality between 10 and 12 is not enough to really make a difference in print.

HTH. :-)

Rose Thorn wrote:
You're talking specifically about the PS dialog box you get when you save .JPG files - the JPEG Options dialog box for the Image Quality of the save.

I always use an image quality of 10 and set the Format Option to Baseline ("Standard").

There is no need to use a higher quality for what we do as a setting of 12 makes the file sizes much too large and the difference in quality between 10 and 12 is not enough to really make a difference in print.

HTH. :-)

Yes that was exactly what I was trying to say, but I just couldn´t find the right words But thank you for your answer

Sus wrote:Yes that was exactly what I was trying to say, but I just couldn´t find the right words But thank you for your answer

You're welcome; hope it helped.

Rose Thorn wrote:

Sus wrote:Yes that was exactly what I was trying to say, but I just couldn´t find the right words But thank you for your answer

You're welcome; hope it helped.

It did

You might check the actual mega bite size after you've saved the paper. On a Mac it shows what size it will be as you are saving it and sometimes even with a setting of 1 it can be over 1Mb. It depends on the texture and amount of colors and who knows what else of the paper. I know I hate to download a kit with papers that are large. sometimes I've even resized them just to save space.

I always use the setting of 8, upon the advise and recommendation of a store owner. She said there was no visible difference from 8 on up. I always have my kits QC'd and they have always passed, so I assume 8 is satisfactory. Anyone else use 8?

Karen S wrote:I always use the setting of 8, upon the advise and recommendation of a store owner. She said there was no visible difference from 8 on up. I always have my kits QC'd and they have always passed, so I assume 8 is satisfactory. Anyone else use 8?

I think the 'visible' difference would be when you use it for print work. We may be creating 'digital' products but we are creating them with a resolution of 300ppi for the specific purpose of providing our customers with good print quality.

The very nature of the JPG file format is such that there is quality loss in the file's compression, so, when we reduce the image quality further when saving our files, we risk creating images that are not as clear or sharp or vibrant as they were originally created.

I guess we each must choose between the physical file sizes (how much space they'll take on a hard drive) and their quality level.

Thanks for that, Rose. I wasn't clear. I was told that saving at 8 quality does not make any visible difference in digital OR print quality. But my color printer isn't the greatest, as I typically don't print things out myself, so in truth I haven't tried it myself. But then I've not have any comments about things not being right either. Does anyone else want to weigh in on this? What you have found or been advised? Any differences you've found? I'm not worried about size or space really. I am simply concerned about giving the best product possible.

I think I'll run a test print of 1" strips of some of my papers I've done just to see how they look. I do have a good printer. so it should be a good test.

Great idea, Roxie. Thanks for taking the time.

Thanks for all the inputs I appreciate it

coppercurls wrote:I think I'll run a test print of 1" strips of some of my papers I've done just to see how they look. I do have a good printer. so it should be a good test.

I just want to point out that even if you have a good printer, your test will only be able to show you the differences for you. Every printer is different and, depending upon the type and weight of paper you use, the ink that's used, whether or not you have a laser printer or an ink jet printer, difference results are obtained. The same with sending it out to printing places like Winkflash, Snapfish, Blurb, etc. or even WalMart, Walgreens, Costco... you'll get different between them as well.

Although it's likely the average digital scrapbooker will not be doing a lot of printing nor will they necessarily be aware of the quality differences when they do, there are some who do/will and since I personally care about those things, I use the higher compression amount to provide, so to speak, a happy medium - files that are excessively large in physical size yet are of a quality that I know will produce good print results in most situations.

Having tested this, personally, I use a setting of 4. When printed, you cannot see any visible difference between a 4, 8, 10 or 12. I have tested this on cheap printers and on higher end printers and there was no visible difference --- but sure have saved a lot of space.

Thanks Lisa, I really hate to have 2+Mb papers. I never did get around to running a test. Since Julie's doing the hybrid videos now I've kind of wondered if my paper were high enough quality.