In the olden days, IIRC, Dov Isaacs of Adobe, or Shlomo Perets of microtype.com, periodically posted a detailed set of steps for use with Photoshop, to optimize images for use in FrameMaker. Odds are good an archive search will be successful. HTH.
On Sep 29, 2018 10:52 AM, <ideasli...@ideastraining.com> wrote: > The on-screen preview will always look "bad" since you are only seeing a > preview. Photos will look OK, but not in the details. Luckily however, that > is only the on-screen preview--for print/PDF output, the actual graphic > file > is used. > > Depending on the source of the artwork, here are the _typically_ settings I > use... > > Vector Art > PDF or native AI. I use EPS if I have to or art was supplied in that mode. > > Photos (color and grayscale raster images) > 225 ppi > RGB output: PNG, TIFF, JPEG @ high quality > CMYK output (for printing): TIFF with LZW compression > > Scanned Line Art (black-only raster art) > 1200 ppi / 1800 ppi for print > TIFF w/ LZW > Make sure it is scanned as "line art" or "black & white" mode--in > Photoshop, > it would be in Bitmap mode. > These settings have to be used during scanning and generally, they cannot > be > "retro-fitted". If scanned correctly, this will look as good as vector art. > > Sometimes, I will downsample the resolution in my PDF export mode, but I > find that Frame is usually more responsive is you size the dimensions and > resolution before import. > > If creating a PDF for commercial printing (offset), I usually make an RGB > PDF and convert in Acrobat Pro. I can make sure any RGB blacks convert to > 100% K. > > David Creamer > IDEAS Training > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/fr > amers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/li > stinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com