300 dpi CMYK Image, Text is 5 pt and HUGE.
by Jaclyn Allmon
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Apr 7, 2009 at 6:58:55 pm
I am creating a 300 dpi CMYK image and when I try to add text the type is too large for the document even at 5 pt. What can I do to have the text print at 10 pt and fit within the document?? Thanks.
CMYK 300 dpi image, not actual size at 100% by Carin Li on Jun 10, 2009 at 1:10:24 am
Actually my problem is a little different...
I have designed some artwork for print in CMYK at 300 dpi, lets say i am doing a postcard flyer at 4x6 inches. When i set my PS CS2 to CMYK and 300 dpi the work space at 100% is actually way larger than it should actually be.
Could you tell me why and what I need to do to correct this issue?
Re: CMYK 300 dpi image, not actual size at 100% by Ron Lindeboom on Jun 10, 2009 at 2:13:48 am
Hello Carin,
The reason this happens is because your computer's monitor is defaulted to 72dpi in RGB color space. Nearly everyone's is. In fact, 300dpi monitors are something that I have never seen in my production career. Maybe someone else uses them, like most when I work on magazines, etc., that are 300dpi CMYK projects, I am looking at them at 72dpi on an RGB screen that is calibrated to give me a very close onscreen example to what I am going to get when it prints. (The new issue of Creative COW Magazine is spot on and the printer handed me magazines that are nearly identical to what I see on my screen in InDesign.)
So, basically the issue of the 300-to-72 translation means that it is not a 1-to-1 pixel ratio and so you will not see your 100% setting return a correct "ruler size" when you look at it on the screen. It will be roughly 4-times or so the size you expect to see.
We all get that. It's a pain but you get used to it.
If someone has a solution I am all ears, oh except for all my other organs and extremities, etc.
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
Re: CMYK 300 dpi image, not actual size at 100% by Carin Li on Jun 10, 2009 at 5:55:44 am
Ron,
Thanks for explaining it in plain english...LOL actualy I read a few posts and tried it in PS. there is a box u uncheck for resizing when u change the dpi and then change the inches and it works it actually goes to its correct size, even tho the ruler is like 4 times too big. I would have to look at the program to tell you step by step. I havent memorized it quite yet. But when I get a chance to I will repost...
Re: CMYK 300 dpi image, not actual size at 100% by Ron Lindeboom on Jun 10, 2009 at 2:57:21 pm
Yeah, now that you mention it, I recall running into that setting years ago. But I guess it never really bothered me working the way I do and I have so many programs to use that I can't possibly master them all. So, for me, being able to use them to communicate my ideas is good enough, and as the magazine continues to grow and is successful, I guess my use of the monitor settings I use doesn't seem to bother my audience. ;o)
Thanks for the reminder, I think that I'll try it again and see if my eyes appreciate it better today, as my glasses become ever stronger prescriptions and my monitors become bigger and bigger.
Re: 300 dpi CMYK Image, Text is 5 pt and HUGE. by Noel Powell on Apr 8, 2009 at 2:12:42 pm
What are the dimensions of your canvas? It could be 300dpi, but if the image is only 1 inch by 1 inch, or 50 pixels by 70 pixels, for example, you're still working with a very small document and any text you add will look huge.
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