Multimedia

If your still finishing stuff from previous classes, then your starting to get left behind :/

Catch up, catch up!

Poster Project- Due Sept 27th (next Tuesday!!)

Check my district webpage for more information. In the section for multimedia documents, there is a link called 'Poster Project'.

Remember, the poster should be 11x17, and the resolution should be at 300!

If you using photoshop or illustrator this is really easy to set. But in Rome, it isn't.

How would you set rome to 11x17 @ 300 res?

Well... if you click 'setup' in the overhead menu, you can change the size of your canvas. Here you can change it to 11x17. Awesome! Well... almost. There doesn't seem to be anywhere to change the resolution, or at least I couldn't find a way (if you can prove me wrong, I'd be happy to know how!).

So... instead, under setup, you need to switch the units to pixels. Great! Now we have to figure out how many pixels wide and tall 11x17 @ 300 res would be. Whats 11x17 @ 300 res mean anyways?

Okiedokie, so resolution is how many pixels (tiny little dots) are within an area. So, since we were talking about inches (11x17 to be exact), 300 resolution would be 300 pixels per inch. The more pixels per square inch, the more clear the image will be. With the way screens look, you don't need as many pixels for things to look nice and crisp, we often use a resolution of 72 (per inch, standard not metric system). When printed out though, an image at only 72 resolution will look blurry (link if you want to learn more about that). You need pretty high numbers to have a nice looking print, and 300 (per inch) is the industry standard, although with new technologies that's starting to change.

So, anyways, how many pixels does your image need to be? Well... 11x17 with 300 dots per inch, that means we take 11 and 17 and multiply them both by 300. 11(300) = 3300 and 17(300) = 5100. So, it should be 3300 pixels wide, and 5100 pixels tall. That's a lot of pixels... 

And if all that just totally confused you, let me know and I'll help you. Keep in mind, you can only use royalty free and public domain imagery.