So, basically, I'm no more or less safer. Okay. Stupid viruses.
You got fired, and you still hang around here like a big loser. Why can't he?
Cordelia ,'Chosen'
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Polter-Cow - Sep 20, 2005 4:28:09 am PDT #4570 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
tommyrot - Sep 20, 2005 4:30:51 am PDT #4571 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Stupid viruses.
Well, the viruses probably think we're stupid.
Or maybe....
The viruses were created by man. They were created to make life easier on Earth. And then the day came when the viruses decided to kill their masters. After a long and bloody struggle, an armistice was declared. The viruses left for another world to call their own. Now mankind's children are returning home.
Polter-Cow - Sep 20, 2005 4:37:27 am PDT #4572 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The viruses were created by man.
They evolved. They rebelled. There are many copies.
AND THEY HAVE A PLAN.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 20, 2005 5:15:26 am PDT #4573 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
What is the file type and dpi that you should scan something at if you would like it to reproduce in a high quality at any size?
My boss is mad at a printer because they printed a poster with an image he scanned on it and it is all pixellated, but I think it is boss's fault...
Steph L. - Sep 20, 2005 5:18:49 am PDT #4574 of 10003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
What is the file type and dpi that you should scan something at if you would like it to reproduce in a high quality at any size?
If it's a photo, it has to be 300 dpi. Any less will lead to a pixellated result. Line art (non-photo) often needs to be higher -- we scan line art at 1200 dpi, but that's for publication in a scientific journal, where clarity of the figures is paramount.
Saving them as tiff files is the best bet, b/c they're a lossless format.
Jon B. - Sep 20, 2005 5:20:40 am PDT #4575 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
What is the file type and dpi that you should scan something at if you would like it to reproduce in a high quality at any size?
File type: not jpeg. A TIF file is fine. Anything that's not lossy.
DPI: 300 is what printers were asking for last I checked.
Jon B. - Sep 20, 2005 5:23:26 am PDT #4576 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I just realized you said "at any size". There's no such thing if you're scanning an image. 300 dpi will get you a good quality print only if the print is no bigger than the original.
The only way to make an image size independant is if it's a vector-based illustration.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 20, 2005 6:27:30 am PDT #4577 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Ah-
This is what happened:
Boss scanned a book.
Boss made 20 x 30 poster for book signing.
Book image is pixellated.
Boss is not happy.
So there is nothing to be done to get a better quality image of a book cover which can be printed LARGER than the book itself.
§ ita § - Sep 20, 2005 6:38:57 am PDT #4578 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So there is nothing to be done to get a better quality image of a book cover which can be printed LARGER than the book itself.
Not by scanning, no. I mean, there are cleanup functions, but 20x30 is a LOT of cleaning. In scenarios like that, I always worked with the image the book cover was printed from, rather than a scan of the book cover.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 20, 2005 6:44:47 am PDT #4579 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Thanks guys--
Personally I would have called the publisher (except for the fact that we are doing a booksigning on Friday and them on Saturday at the same event, with the same book!).
My boss probably got the idea and made the poster at midnight on a Saturday or something.
And I assumed (you know where that leads you) that he a graphic which would work before I sent it to the printer.