by Ike <spamminator@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Nov 9, 2006 at 08:29 AM
On 9 Nov 2006 07:43:29 -0800 "dennisewing@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"
<dennisewing@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote :
>Ike wrote:
>> Let's say I have a 100% solid black bitmapped TIF file that is 1/2
>> inch by 1/2 inch @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
600 dpi. I place that image in PageMaker. Then I
>> stretch it to 2 inches by 11 inches and change the color to some
>> Pantone Process color. My question is this: Since the image is a solid
>> color do I need to follow the rules about images being placed at no
>> more than 125% their size and at 300 dpi when printing process color?
>> I know I could draw a box or make an image the correct size, but I
>> have yet to find an answer to this question.
>
>The short answer is yes. The longer answer is that you still need the
>resolution to avoid a stair step look in the final product. Postscript
>devices that we use in the printing industry are VERY resolution
>dependent. You are dropping a 600 DPI image to 150 DPI if you double
>its size. What you are doing with the image distortion from resizing in
>the manner you are will still be reducing resolution along one axis
>will have a resolution of 150 X 20. It might have the effect you want
>and then again it might look like crap. I can't say without seeing the
>file. I would bet on it looking like crap.
I can see your point if the square/ rectangular image were rotated or
the corners were rounded. You would definitely get a stair step
effect. But, my thinking is that since the image consists of
horizontal and vertical angles with square corners the layout should
be fine.
