Simple question here (I would think)...
Whenever I have a high resolution which I try to save as a gif file, it is automatically converted to 72ppi at a larger print size. I know this technically maintains the correct number of pixels, but I want it to stay at the original print size and resolution.
How do I do this?
Thanks!
#1
are you using save for web? try using just File> Save As.
if that doesn't work, i'm not positive gif actually supports resolutions, i'm sure someone more knowlegable will chime in.
#2
Janet,
The .GIF format has no way of storing physical dimensions/ppi information. It is up to the receiving application to decide at what resolution to display a gif and every one that I am familiar with will assume 72 ppi.
#3
Also, keep in mind that it is a format that is optimized for screen view only (hence the 72ppi limit) and was never intended to be used as a print format.
What are you trying to do? There may be a better format we could suggest. Are you just trying to get transparency with it?
#4
GIF is limited to 256 colours, so it is seldom used high resolution for print. PNG has fewer limitations (as a web alternative), but tiff or psd with or without transparency are what most people use for print. If it is truly <256 colours, it probably should be a vector image if you need high quality print.
#5
Well, recently I was reworking a logo for a client, and I had a scatter sheet for him to print out so he could see the samples "in action". Saving a full sheet as a tif was a little large for emailing and it was something that looked fine with 256 colors so I thought it was worth a shot. But I wanted it to have the proper print dimension. Anyway, now I know gif isn't an option for hi-res. (thanks for the info) I ended up using jpeg for this one, which worked out okay. I should have tried eps... didn't think of it- next time I'll check that out. And there is always PDF for some instances...
Thanks!
#6
If file size is an issue and you think JPEG worked ok, dont even bother with a Photoshop EPS. Youll either save it without any compression or end up applying JPEG compression to it.
A real logo would be better built in a program like Illustrator though. Saving it as a vector EPS through Illustrator would result in a super small, super high quality file that is scalable to pretty much any size.
.... but if you dont understand anything I just said in that last paragraph, youre probably better off sticking with your JPEG.
#7