I send my files to a good print shop. No prob to send a flattened psd in RGB at 300ppi. But, check w/your shop. Some shops even spec 300ppi, RGB, JPG. Most shops want a PDF at 300, though. Anyway, the file specialist does the RGB-CMYK and color correction. You can also do a soft proof, a preview of what it'll look like in CMYK, >View > Proof Colors. If you can get the printer and paper type, you can make a custom Proof Setup, but usually Working CMYK is fine. The shop's printer and paper may not be in the >View >Proof Set Up, >Device to Simulate dropdown. You can see the out-of-gamut CMYK colors by clicking >View > Gamut Warning. If it's just small out-of-gamut colors, the Remove Tool works for me, no need to mess with masks, adjusting hue, saturation etc. We just need to knock those out-of-gamut colors to CMYK, so whatever works. For large areas, sure, do the hue, saturation thing. Anyway, that's what works for me, maybe it'll save you some stress.
Thanks your for this video, I am from Germany and I am so thankful for our clear understandable video. Regretful I didn't find any one like this in German. So thanks a lot !
Great video! It helped me a lot! Just a few questions: 1-. Is it better to export as joeg or pdf? Or when is better for esch case? 2-. When you changed the resolution to 300ppi the image size changed. What if you want to keep the size because you already know the frame you'll be placing the picture? Cheers!!
Thanks for watching! 1) I typically do JPG for photos, I use PDF for designs. There isn’t a huge difference between the two, they should both keep the quality you need. 2) the amount of pixels isn’t actually changing when you increase dpi, the pixels that are in the image become more concentrated. when you increase dpi, you are adding more pixels per inch for better print quality, but by doing that, the image size must reduce. You can check Resample in the image resize box, that will add pixels and keep image size but will reduce quality. I hope that helps.
So if you export, will be in CMYK? Why does it not show CMYK in Properties after exporting? Like if you right client on an image outside PS to check its properties, RGB images always show RGB, but color profile doesnt show with CMYK images.
Thanks for the question. I am usually putting print ready images into InDesign which does show the color profile of images. You can always check you artwork in Photoshop using the steps in this video if you are unsure. Hope that helps!
you can’t make 10 apples out of 5 the dialog is for print resolution if your original file is 72 ppi then you can’t make it up to 300 ppi however you can scale the image within the same dialog and use precent value to scale. or use special AI software to scale up
In case of going from rgb to cmyk: One has to know what kind of cmyk. The best thing to do would be to ask the receiver for these specs and do a conversion from let’s say adobe rgb color profile to (for example ) an industrial standard cmyk profile for offset printing although it’s also common for printing companys to have their own profiles which combines the characteristics of a certain press/ink/paper combination. A lot of companies will ask you to just give RGB and do the conversion themself to have a better control of the end result Sound complicated but it actually isn’t
Thanks!! This video walks through the CMYK file setup I use at my job printing lots of different types of projects. The printer may do more with the file once they receive it. I have never delivered an RGB file to a printer myself.
why does the black in my picture turn gray n all the colors turn desaturated when n faded when i render it like this as a jpeg ?? any tips on how to get the pic to render normally as it would in rgb ?
CMYK images will look different on screen because they are setup to be printed rather than to be viewed on a screen. They will look desaturated. You can play with the levels and contrast in Photoshop to enhance their appearance on screen.
@@cryestudio oh so even if they look faded on the psd preview screen on my computer, when they get printed, it'll look how it does when u first input the rbg file into pshotoshop?? with the blacks intact n not gray?
@@al-qt1kl yes, it will print darker than you see on screen. Of course you always want to test or proof your colors with the printer to make sure the colors are correct and adjust in Photoshop as needed.
@@al-qt1kl i understand. You can never be sure how something will print without a test print. If you are in the US, you can do a test print at Kinkos. You can also ask your printer to review your file to make sure they think it will print the way you want. Good luck!
Out of curiosity. Once the image has been changed to 300 dpi the dimensions of the image increase.. Now, will it cause any issues if the image size is reduced in order to fit it into a frame? So in other words, we change the dimensions from (as a simple example) 8x10 to 6x4. Will that alter the quality of the image itself? Thank you.
Hello! Thanks for the question! If you scale an image down, it will have more pixels in a smaller space, so it should enhance the quality. Hope that helps.
Yes! You can go to File > Save As > Choose Photoshop PDF. Make sure to choose High Quality Print or Press Quality in the PDF options dialog box. Hope that helps!
What if you need to keep your image size a certain height/width ratio for selling digital downloads? Can you adjust the DPI to 300 without changing the size of the print?
Hello! If you change color to CMYK, go to File, Save a copy, the JPG will save as CMYK. You don’t have to do PDF, but you can if you want. If you export for the web, the JPG will convert to RGB.
The colors will look different on screen with your are viewing a CMYK, print-ready image. There’s another comment on this video where I talk about that in depth, so check that out for more info.
PNG is a web only format, so it will always be RGB. If you need an image with a transparent background for print, use a Photoshop file (PSD) and make it CMYK. Hope that helps!
Nope, no adjustments required. You could always adjust the brightness/contrast if needed. I also recommend doing a test print to see the colors in print, that will tell you if you need to adjust it.
@@barbra429 Hello! DPI stands for dots per inch, in other words, how many dots of color are present per square inch in an image. It is not something you change, every image or graphic has dots per inch. The more dots per inch, the higher the resolution and clarity. Standard DPI's are: 72DPI for web resolution, 300DPI for print resolution. Does that clarify DPI for you?
@cryestudio Hi, when I open an image in PS, and click image size, the resolution shows 300 "ppi," so I'm asking if that image is a low dpi, can I increase dpi in PS. It's a png from Canva. I make greeting cards and print them out. Canva images are low resolution. Hope that makes sense.
@@barbra429 Watch this video about "upscaling" images in Photoshop. I made this specifically for increasing DPI or PPI of images for greeting cards. Message me back if you have other questions! ua-cam.com/video/FteYxhQ1hFI/v-deo.htmlsi=skr5bAZBAOGTKqvf
its insane witnessing the amount of people failing to explain what you just did, when being asked the same question. either photoshop is to blame or people are genetically deprived
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Cool. Thanks for including chapters, made it super quick to get to what I was interested in. Gratzi!
You're welcome! Let me know if you have any questions!
Thank you for this video, been looking around but they never explain the part when it comes to the exporting bit
You're welcome! Let me know if you have any questions!
I send my files to a good print shop. No prob to send a flattened psd in RGB at 300ppi. But, check w/your shop. Some shops even spec 300ppi, RGB, JPG. Most shops want a PDF at 300, though. Anyway, the file specialist does the RGB-CMYK and color correction. You can also do a soft proof, a preview of what it'll look like in CMYK, >View > Proof Colors. If you can get the printer and paper type, you can make a custom Proof Setup, but usually Working CMYK is fine. The shop's printer and paper may not be in the >View >Proof Set Up, >Device to Simulate dropdown. You can see the out-of-gamut CMYK colors by clicking >View > Gamut Warning. If it's just small out-of-gamut colors, the Remove Tool works for me, no need to mess with masks, adjusting hue, saturation etc. We just need to knock those out-of-gamut colors to CMYK, so whatever works. For large areas, sure, do the hue, saturation thing. Anyway, that's what works for me, maybe it'll save you some stress.
Thanks for the info!!
Thanks your for this video, I am from Germany and I am so thankful for our clear understandable video. Regretful I didn't find any one like this in German. So thanks a lot !
You’re welcome! Let me know if you have any questions!
Thanks a lot for this video!
You’re welcome!
Great video! It helped me a lot!
Just a few questions:
1-. Is it better to export as joeg or pdf? Or when is better for esch case?
2-. When you changed the resolution to 300ppi the image size changed. What if you want to keep the size because you already know the frame you'll be placing the picture?
Cheers!!
Thanks for watching! 1) I typically do JPG for photos, I use PDF for designs. There isn’t a huge difference between the two, they should both keep the quality you need. 2) the amount of pixels isn’t actually changing when you increase dpi, the pixels that are in the image become more concentrated. when you increase dpi, you are adding more pixels per inch for better print quality, but by doing that, the image size must reduce. You can check Resample in the image resize box, that will add pixels and keep image size but will reduce quality. I hope that helps.
Thanks a lot, you are so informative and understandable
So nice of you! Thanks for watching!
So if you export, will be in CMYK? Why does it not show CMYK in Properties after exporting? Like if you right client on an image outside PS to check its properties, RGB images always show RGB, but color profile doesnt show with CMYK images.
Thanks for the question. I am usually putting print ready images into InDesign which does show the color profile of images. You can always check you artwork in Photoshop using the steps in this video if you are unsure. Hope that helps!
you can’t make 10 apples out of 5
the dialog is for print resolution if your original file is 72 ppi then you can’t make it up to 300 ppi
however you can scale the image within the same dialog and use precent value to scale.
or use special AI software to scale up
very helpful
Glad it helped!
In case of going from rgb to cmyk:
One has to know what kind of cmyk. The best thing to do would be to ask the receiver for these specs and do a conversion from let’s say adobe rgb color profile to (for example ) an industrial standard cmyk profile for offset printing although it’s also common for printing companys to have their own profiles which combines the characteristics of a certain press/ink/paper combination.
A lot of companies will ask you to just give RGB and do the conversion themself to have a better control of the end result
Sound complicated but it actually isn’t
Thanks!! This video walks through the CMYK file setup I use at my job printing lots of different types of projects. The printer may do more with the file once they receive it. I have never delivered an RGB file to a printer myself.
why does the black in my picture turn gray n all the colors turn desaturated when n faded when i render it like this as a jpeg ?? any tips on how to get the pic to render normally as it would in rgb ?
CMYK images will look different on screen because they are setup to be printed rather than to be viewed on a screen. They will look desaturated. You can play with the levels and contrast in Photoshop to enhance their appearance on screen.
@@cryestudio oh so even if they look faded on the psd preview screen on my computer, when they get printed, it'll look how it does when u first input the rbg file into pshotoshop?? with the blacks intact n not gray?
@@al-qt1kl yes, it will print darker than you see on screen. Of course you always want to test or proof your colors with the printer to make sure the colors are correct and adjust in Photoshop as needed.
@@cryestudio ok oki thank uu
@@al-qt1kl i understand. You can never be sure how something will print without a test print. If you are in the US, you can do a test print at Kinkos. You can also ask your printer to review your file to make sure they think it will print the way you want. Good luck!
Out of curiosity. Once the image has been changed to 300 dpi the dimensions of the image increase.. Now, will it cause any issues if the image size is reduced in order to fit it into a frame? So in other words, we change the dimensions from (as a simple example) 8x10 to 6x4. Will that alter the quality of the image itself? Thank you.
Hello! Thanks for the question! If you scale an image down, it will have more pixels in a smaller space, so it should enhance the quality. Hope that helps.
@@cryestudio Thank you for replying and yes, that does help.
Thank yoooouuuuu!!!
You're welcome!!
Can I also save the file as a PDF for printing?
Yes! You can go to File > Save As > Choose Photoshop PDF. Make sure to choose High Quality Print or Press Quality in the PDF options dialog box. Hope that helps!
What if you need to keep your image size a certain height/width ratio for selling digital downloads? Can you adjust the DPI to 300 without changing the size of the print?
Yes, you can make any image 300 dpi and keep dimensions, it may affect the image quality depending on the original file size.
What should be your rendering intent?
Hello! I’m not sure I understand your question, could you rephrase?
When i click image properties says dpi is set 96
You will need to change the DPI to 300.
Thanks
You're welcome!
Thanks for video but I think when you export your file as a JPG, your file bring to RGB again. You should export as PDF for printing.
Hello! If you change color to CMYK, go to File, Save a copy, the JPG will save as CMYK. You don’t have to do PDF, but you can if you want. If you export for the web, the JPG will convert to RGB.
@@cryestudio I check it and yes, you were right. the point is SAVE A COPY. I didn't know that so thank you for reply a lot
@@mvhvnawesome glad that helped! Let me know if you have any other questions!!
BUT WHY WHEN I CHANGE THE RGB TO CMYK THE COLORS CHANGED TO MORE BRIGHTER AND IT LOOKS NESTY?
The colors will look different on screen with your are viewing a CMYK, print-ready image. There’s another comment on this video where I talk about that in depth, so check that out for more info.
@@cryestudio thank you so much i apprechiate that
Simply Cmyk colours has smaler gamut than RGB (CMYK has less colours than RGB). There are some diagrams which show it. Check it.
how about png files?
the file keep going back to rgb everytime I save it to png
PNG is a web only format, so it will always be RGB. If you need an image with a transparent background for print, use a Photoshop file (PSD) and make it CMYK. Hope that helps!
no use tiff
So just convert to CMYK and thats it? You don’t adjust any colors or anything??
Nope, no adjustments required. You could always adjust the brightness/contrast if needed. I also recommend doing a test print to see the colors in print, that will tell you if you need to adjust it.
Shouldn't it be PDF. not JPEG for print?
For just an image, I always do a JPG. PDFs are usually best when there are lots of design elements that you need to compress into a file.
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Thank you for watching!
dpi is print resolution ppi is screen resolution
Thanks!
So how do you change an image to dpi in photoshop, or is that possible?
@@barbra429 Hello! DPI stands for dots per inch, in other words, how many dots of color are present per square inch in an image. It is not something you change, every image or graphic has dots per inch. The more dots per inch, the higher the resolution and clarity. Standard DPI's are: 72DPI for web resolution, 300DPI for print resolution. Does that clarify DPI for you?
@cryestudio Hi, when I open an image in PS, and click image size, the resolution shows 300 "ppi," so I'm asking if that image is a low dpi, can I increase dpi in PS. It's a png from Canva. I make greeting cards and print them out. Canva images are low resolution. Hope that makes sense.
@@barbra429 Watch this video about "upscaling" images in Photoshop. I made this specifically for increasing DPI or PPI of images for greeting cards. Message me back if you have other questions! ua-cam.com/video/FteYxhQ1hFI/v-deo.htmlsi=skr5bAZBAOGTKqvf
its insane witnessing the amount of people failing to explain what you just did, when being asked the same question. either photoshop is to blame or people are genetically deprived
Thanks for watching! Let me know if you have questions or if anything is confusing.