from 72 -300 dpi resolution

I have several images that are in Powerpoint and jpgs and gifs. I need to get it ready for print and I need to make it to 300dpi ????? I downloaded a free tryout of Adobe Photoshop, but am not at a loss. How can I do this? I know how to transfer the images into jpg or gifs. The images are approx. 625x425 pixels.

I deal with both print and web graphics in my business. You can not go from web to print easily!

When you send 72dpi pictures to be printed they will turn out pixalated. Your image that is 625px x 425px and 72dpi is about 8.7" x 6.0" but when you change the resolution to 300dpi your image will only be about 2" x 1.4" if that is as big as you need it then ok but if you want it to print out bigger it will look like SH!T, excuse my french.

The best option is to rescan the image you are using to 300dpi, assuming you don't want to enlarge the original. If you need to enlarge the image, scan the image at a higher resolution(the higher the resolution the better).

You will also need to make sure that you set the color mode of the image to CMYK instead of RGB because the printing process uses 4 colors not 3 like our computer moniters.

As for how to change image size and resolution in photoshop. Go to Image -> Image size and play with the settings. I wouldn't recomend upsizeing the web images though, you will not be happy with the end result.

If you need any additional help feel free to contact me, I am also for hire .

Hope that helps,
Cuda

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Cuda's right.

If the original's dpi is lower than 300, then it will look like garbage when printed.
Best bet is to recreate it using a minimum 300dpi. You'll notice the file will be pretty large, in the megabytes. Some of my images are 80Mb in size... ugly, but worth it I guess.

I totally agree with the guys above but, if you do not need to do it professional and do not care about the images beeing a bit blurry you can:

- open the images in Photoshop
- go to Image
- go to Image size...
- Change the resolution to 300 (third field from top)

Print on your own home printer to see if you think the result is acceptable.

Regards,

Sander Meilink

(I know professionals never like this advice (like me), but some people just want things done quick and dirty!)