.....professional works, to be sold??? Just wondering what you folks poat your professional renderings at?? I always thought 1200 x 1200 was the standard size but now I hear it varies considerably?? And what dpi is best for quality?? ~3D ;-)

Well, I don't sell the work I do. I do make posters and postcards for a school, so I somewhat know about printing and resolutions, but not about selling the work. When I print the posters, I usually print it at 300dpi. But if you want really good quality on your works, especially if you have lots of text, you should not print the image off of photoshop. I heard that the quality of photoshop is not so good. People tell me to import the image into a different program such as Quark for high quality. -Adam

1200 dpi is standard for high end magazines and brochures, but in the publishing buisness the more common standard for resolution is LPI (Lines Per Inch). Generally, 150 to 300 LPI is good quality. There's an explanation of LPI vs DPI in the PhotoShop V3.0.1 manual, I don't know if it's in the manuals for the later versions, or not. I'll check when I get home and update you tomorrow. -Jim

300dpi is quite the printing standard, but remember that adjustments must be made depending on what kind of print you are looking for (ie-newsprint to coated stock). there can be overkill in dpi sometimes. jj

Hi Folks! For low-end stuff (ie, a scout troop newsletter), you can get by on as little as 150 dpi. But for anything with broad distribution where quality is imporatnt (and actually, quality should always be important), plan for at least 300 dpi. Peter (Dr Zik)

you'd be fairly hard pressed to make anyone believe that 305dpi is a standard for anyone except for that particular printer. And you really have to wonder about them if they are using 305dpi as a standard.

If the image is going to be printed at 100 of the size of the file... then 300+ dpi is fine. But if you've made an image, and it's going to be blown up.. then you'r DPI will have to increase to make up for the loss. SturkWurk