UUilliam
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Okay, here is the thing!
Today, In college we were to write an outcome on the correct DPI for print and web.
I already know it is 300 and 72 but decided to do a little research, I found a website that stated the DPI simply does not matter, when on screen atleast.
To test this theory, I changed a 96dpi image to 1dpi
True to form, still looked perfect!
I then printed the 1dpi image and compared it to the 96dpi image, no difference at all!
(i must add, scale to paper was checked.)
But at the end of the day, IF you are going to print an a4 print, you can scale it to fit no matter what DPI you use in that case!
This also leads me to question, If most people set their dpi to 72 for copyright reasons (not to have duplicates printed.)
you can simply go into photoshop and change it back to 300 (if you need 300 dpi to print.)
this confused me!
I have decided, for the sake of the college work, just to go with what I have been told, but for personal education, I would like to know, Does DPI REALLY matter?
Today, In college we were to write an outcome on the correct DPI for print and web.
I already know it is 300 and 72 but decided to do a little research, I found a website that stated the DPI simply does not matter, when on screen atleast.
To test this theory, I changed a 96dpi image to 1dpi
True to form, still looked perfect!
I then printed the 1dpi image and compared it to the 96dpi image, no difference at all!
(i must add, scale to paper was checked.)
But at the end of the day, IF you are going to print an a4 print, you can scale it to fit no matter what DPI you use in that case!
This also leads me to question, If most people set their dpi to 72 for copyright reasons (not to have duplicates printed.)
you can simply go into photoshop and change it back to 300 (if you need 300 dpi to print.)
this confused me!
I have decided, for the sake of the college work, just to go with what I have been told, but for personal education, I would like to know, Does DPI REALLY matter?