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Question about COMIC ART DPI
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:49 am
by Ricco
Hi all,
Hoping you could help out here. Just looking for information about how big art files (DPI) needs to be in order for a colorist and letterer to properly finish a comic. Then ship off to the publisher. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Ricco
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:13 am
by PapaYeah
300 dpi or above, I suggest 400 dpi.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 5:22 pm
by Ricco
Thanks Papa Yeah,
I forgot to ask if there is a difference between digital and physical copy DPI needs?
Thanks
Ricco
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 2:09 pm
by Ricco
Bump
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 2:36 pm
by PapaYeah
Well, not really, both must have same resolution, but, things can change if we talk about page dimensions, for example:
- a digital page of 11 x 17 inches must have at least 300 dpi resolution.
- a physical page of 11 x 17 inches must be scanned at least to 300 dpi resolution
- If physical page is less than 11 x 17 inches I recommend scan it increasing dpi
Print versus web
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 11:29 am
by strega guy
Print generally needs the art to be in CMYK format and like the other posters said 300 to 400 is best. If ever you're going to print your book in large format then 400 to 600dpi is preferable.
For the web or pdf mock-ups in the old days 72dpi was the norm, but I use 150dpi so that the lettering still looks sharp. RBG format. Either jpegs or tiff files and of course pdfs are pdfs.
Art size originals start at 11 x 17 as you guessed. Usually it's downsized about 60% (6 5/8 x 10 1/4) before reaching the publisher. Still 300dpi though.