can i change the dpi for an imported pic? if so how

[mark]

I made a logo, and the printer told me that is was 150 dpi. He would like to
have 300 dpi for better sharpnest. can that be done?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

No

 

[Ed Bennett]

I made a logo, and the printer told me that is was 150 dpi. He would
like to have 300 dpi for better sharpnest. can that be done?

a) Reduce the printed size of the logo (as the number of pixels remains
constant, this increases the dpi)
b) Find a copy of the image (if you downloaded it) at a higher resolution.

If you made the logo from scratch, then learn an important lesson:
a) You shouldn't make logos in paint programs (Microsoft Paint, Corel/JASC
Paint Shop Pro, Corel PhotoPaint, Adobe PhotoShop, Serif PhotoPlus), you
should use draw programs (CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Acrylic
(beta), or Serif DrawPlus). This allows them to scale to any resolution
while retaining a theoretically infinite DPI.
b) If you are going to make your own images in a paint program, you need to
make sure they're plenty large enough.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Lemme add Xara X1 to the list...one of the easiest vector programs I ever
used.
....and yah...Acrylic is very cool.

| mark <[email protected]> was very recently heard to utter:
| > I made a logo, and the printer told me that is was 150 dpi. He would
| > like to have 300 dpi for better sharpnest. can that be done?
|
| a) Reduce the printed size of the logo (as the number of pixels remains
| constant, this increases the dpi)
| b) Find a copy of the image (if you downloaded it) at a higher resolution.
|
| If you made the logo from scratch, then learn an important lesson:
| a) You shouldn't make logos in paint programs (Microsoft Paint, Corel/JASC
| Paint Shop Pro, Corel PhotoPaint, Adobe PhotoShop, Serif PhotoPlus), you
| should use draw programs (CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Acrylic
| (beta), or Serif DrawPlus). This allows them to scale to any resolution
| while retaining a theoretically infinite DPI.
| b) If you are going to make your own images in a paint program, you need
to
| make sure they're plenty large enough.
|
| --
| Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
|
|

 

[mark]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate your help