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I’m doing a CD cover and back for an internet client who is an amateur musician. Unfortunately, he wants all kinds of things in the different photos that will be dependent on photos that he takes himself. This will be a matter of me bringing many different images into this one image and try to make it all look as if these things were all together in the first place.
I have created a file that PS file that is 4.75 by 4.75 inches, which is the size of a CD photo and I’ve set it as 300 dpi. This way, as I bring different images into the file, I’ll know if they are large enough to use and still be printable.
One of the images he wants will be the back end of two different cars. One is a specific Volkswagon that he wanted in the image and the other is the back of his vehicle. Each one of these automobiles will be taking up approximately half of the width of the total image. I found an image of the Volkswagon that is large enough.
He has now sent me a photo that he took of his car. I cut it out and brought it into my workpage and see immediately that it is about a third of the size that it needs to be and in relation to the Volkswagon, it is also taken at the wrong angle.
I am able to transform his photo to be as large as the Volkswagon and sharpen it enough that it doesn’t look bad but I’m guessing, that even though it doesn’t look bad on the monitor, that it may look pixelated when printed.
Here are my questions:
1. Am I correct that if I transform the Toyota to be as large as the Volkswagon that it will look pixelated when printed?
2. Given the output size and dpi of this image, when I suggest what kind of camera this guy should use to take his photos, how many megapixels should I say that the camera needs.
Sorry if these are stupid questions. I played with digital imaging for some time now but as of yet, still have never had a digital camera of my own.
Here is a link to a crude mock up of the image to show the correct size of the Volkswagon in relationship to the photo of his car that he provided.
< http://img431.imageshack.us/img431/9641/workepssample1pj.jpg>
I have created a file that PS file that is 4.75 by 4.75 inches, which is the size of a CD photo and I’ve set it as 300 dpi. This way, as I bring different images into the file, I’ll know if they are large enough to use and still be printable.
One of the images he wants will be the back end of two different cars. One is a specific Volkswagon that he wanted in the image and the other is the back of his vehicle. Each one of these automobiles will be taking up approximately half of the width of the total image. I found an image of the Volkswagon that is large enough.
He has now sent me a photo that he took of his car. I cut it out and brought it into my workpage and see immediately that it is about a third of the size that it needs to be and in relation to the Volkswagon, it is also taken at the wrong angle.
I am able to transform his photo to be as large as the Volkswagon and sharpen it enough that it doesn’t look bad but I’m guessing, that even though it doesn’t look bad on the monitor, that it may look pixelated when printed.
Here are my questions:
1. Am I correct that if I transform the Toyota to be as large as the Volkswagon that it will look pixelated when printed?
2. Given the output size and dpi of this image, when I suggest what kind of camera this guy should use to take his photos, how many megapixels should I say that the camera needs.
Sorry if these are stupid questions. I played with digital imaging for some time now but as of yet, still have never had a digital camera of my own.
Here is a link to a crude mock up of the image to show the correct size of the Volkswagon in relationship to the photo of his car that he provided.
< http://img431.imageshack.us/img431/9641/workepssample1pj.jpg>
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