[Framers] Graphics quality

[Peter Gold]

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, <ideaslists at 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
>
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