Printing Bootleg Artwork - Its kinda too small...Help!

dustinsleeping

Printed up the artwork for the 7/9/06 show and it is way too small to fit in a jewel case.

When I resize it in photoshop, it comes out kinda blurry (making something bigger in photoshop always does this).

So anyway...is this a common issue? Is there a fix for this?

Whats the score here?

Thanks for any help in advance.

D

brain of c

convert the files to jpegs.

Meijin

dustinsleeping wrote:

Printed up the artwork for the 7/9/06 show and it is way too small to fit in a jewel case.

When I resize it in photoshop, it comes out kinda blurry (making something bigger in photoshop always does this).

So anyway...is this a common issue? Is there a fix for this?

Whats the score here?

Thanks for any help in advance.

D

Make sure it's printing out at the correct size -- so Photoshop isn't rescaling the file to fit the page (usually, it does an 8% reduction or so if I recall if you let it -- always "proceed" when it presents any dialog about the file clipping off the edge of the page.)

Also make sure the file's set up at the correct dimensions -- so it didn't get the dpi kicked and the file resampled in size. Make sure to import the PDF at about 300DPI -- the file should be 7.583 inches wide by 10.803 high @ 300dpi, 2275px wide and 3241px high.

Finally, if that doesn't work (it should), do a file-print with preview and make sure the scale is set to 100% and "scale to fit media" is unchecked.

PJ-Sin

Meijin wrote:

Make sure it's printing out at the correct size -- so Photoshop isn't rescaling the file to fit the page (usually, it does an 8% reduction or so if I recall if you let it -- always "proceed" when it presents any dialog about the file clipping off the edge of the page.)

Also make sure the file's set up at the correct dimensions -- so it didn't get the dpi kicked and the file resampled in size. Make sure to import the PDF at about 300DPI -- the file should be 7.583 inches wide by 10.803 high @ 300dpi, 2275px wide and 3241px high.

Finally, if that doesn't work (it should), do a file-print with preview and make sure the scale is set to 100% and "scale to fit media" is unchecked.

Ditto, you beat me to it...

no1fromnowhere

I had the same problem, only I don't have Photoshop. Is there a way to make it the right size using Adobe?

LeatherMosquitoMan

no1fromnowhere wrote:

I had the same problem, only I don't have Photoshop. Is there a way to make it the right size using Adobe?

Yes. On Adobe, you can take a 'snapshot' or something similar of your file. Just highlight the area you want (around the edge of your file) and click on the snapshot button.

Then just paste it to your jewel case program, and you can size it to fit.