{"id":2713,"date":"2015-03-07T16:55:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T16:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theswitch.us\/blog\/?p=2713"},"modified":"2015-03-12T18:55:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T18:55:29","slug":"image-concepts-every-red-blooded-american-know-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/switch.us\/blog\/image-concepts-every-red-blooded-american-know-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Image Concepts Every Red-Blooded American Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<address>One of our talented Digital Print Specialists breaks down some otherwise confusing concepts in this anthem of image printing best practices. The vibe is unabashed Americana, so crack open a cold Bud or Coke and let\u2019s dive in.<\/address>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAs a Digital Print Specialist, my role at Switch is to turn digital files into tangible prints. Whether they\u2019re wrapped to a vehicle, installed on-site at an activation, fused to a wall or anything in between, one truth is evident: the prints have to look really good. Unfortunately, I\u2019ve experienced the various levels of mishaps that stem a lack of image concept knowledge. I got to thinking: We\u2019re better than this. <i>America<\/i> is better than this. As citizens of this digitally-savvy country \u2013 the birthplace of the iPhone \u2013 we should know better than assume a 2MP image can be flawlessly scaled to an 8\u2019x10\u2019 print. For shame.<\/p>\n<p>To illustrate these concepts in a way that pays proper tribute to the great nation that allows us the freedom to give good print and receive it in kind, I\u2019ll be utilizing the one image that has served as an unparalleled symbol of the enduring freedom of America, Old Glory herself.<\/p>\n<h1>\u00a0Concept #1: Resolution<\/h1>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a question for you: Which of the flags below would you be more proud to be a part of?<\/p>\n<p>The first one, where the stripes look like dotted lines, and the stars are blobs of white scattered amidst blobs of blue?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lo_Flag-Sqr.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/aqbc2BBS1cG-O3tbpfrnI4W5dkZMYLlAVqpDuCjwzoRNhcLhFz59usQteH1NUvBGzG-f1zXwsGKkq2XbhIszTLdGHI3EaVioGnqE0Yu9MvVJj_fHzug8QTQXvys235uDPho\" width=\"624px;\" height=\"264px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Or the second one, where you\u2019ve got distinguishable red and white stripes and the stars, while still white blobs, at least constitute a shape (even if they shorted us by 35).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hi_Flag-Sqr.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/KrKg-nLQPeDdPhrWr9_8vjSmiJngiufo4OvnNLZTm3hi27ZJQifZfSgia0LPEI4qvElfIgS8EIEJIuTfXEhl14y8ff4fAMtPc9VjlArU4hWKyCWeY-e7kXxCscGVp3wKLnY\" width=\"624px;\" height=\"249px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s a big discrepancy in resolution here. That first flag is only 21 people wide by 13 deep \u00a0&#8211; almost 300 well-intentioned patriots. But that second flag looks to be a couple hundred people wide, and maybe 50 people deep &#8211; around 10,000 real Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping with the \u201cpeople are pixels\u201d motif, if I sized both flags to be 5 inches wide from end to end and made a 1-inch box in the middle, how many \u201cpeople pixels\u201d would be in each box? Let\u2019s see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lo-Hi-Sqrs.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/YWoSCLE-4hdV4Yd13YWf_-QEPDrxgwUtefCR2QVAS_JLIabryW1mH88E98zk0IXqjcP1Uio5TZKvMaZpGlAyp0UKHt-kZ_2B0SfmA1IAkacPRDNRhXhj6pN9dV3emUuTVAE\" width=\"624px;\" height=\"305px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Obviously the one on the left is completely uncountable, but I\u2019m going to guess it\u2019s about 25 people in each direction &#8211; over 600 people. The box on the right, however, looks like it\u2019s roughly 16 folks, or 4 across and 4 deep. So if we\u2019re talking resolution, and specifically pixel resolution, or <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pixel_density\">pixel density<\/a> (and remember, people = pixels) we would say that the image on the left has a resolution of 25 pixels per inch (PPI), and the image on the right is about 4 PPI.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To put this into clearer perspective, let\u2019s take the people out of it altogether and look at flags made up of actual pixels (with the pixel dimensions listed above each flag):<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PixelFlags.png\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/8MNK7AVw16Kqxvr5tMf8NiWkp4BBNvgiEtRIMThFZ5jQVPmn6QOS3sNSH45ct-SOSNXKh9sEPouJBLmHTf84uk8DPc3V6gZZX9R7VVO71kxChTbZ-oosWBeGEKnHe4FFVtU\" width=\"624px;\" height=\"156px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Look what happens as the resolution gets lower: The stars become blobs, the sacred colors start running, blurring into purples and peaches&#8230; compromising the identity of our esteemed banner.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Now, if you were going to print one of those pixel flags out for your cubicle to properly showcase your patriotism, which would you choose? The one that\u2019s 500 PPI, right? Next \u00a0you have to decide: how big do you want to print it? I ask because, unlike the people in the living flag photos, you can\u2019t really invite more pixels into an image &#8212; you\u2019re stuck with what you\u2019ve got (although, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ly3IcNEhLjY\">there are dark arts<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>So the bigger you go, the worse it looks. At 1\u201d x 1\u201d you\u2019ll have 500 pixels running each direction (that\u2019s 250,000 total pixels, or 0.25 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pixel#Megapixel\">megapixels<\/a>) You\u2019ll be looking pretty sharp, albeit at the size of a postage stamp. But at 10\u201d x 10\u201d, you\u2019re trying to cover 100 times the space with the same number of pixels. You\u2019ve now got 50 pixels in each direction across a 1\u201d distance trying to produce the same image that 500 pixels were before. Not so pretty.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-16 at 12.38.22 PM.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/6IjsIYWWmHi4OOEiJcmh9fK2J6dRKTPrNcNSKfnJv7J9dBNiVQ25JY129wepmnUESecKscH6hNQht85FKiUt79hBlEUwTmzBta6jf5jl1raz4vjdAPvSqbQ6T3pQSlJ69GM\" width=\"624px;\" height=\"312px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many commercial printers want files at 300 PPI, so by that measure, in order to get your 10\u201d x 10\u201d print, you\u2019d need a 3000 x 3000 (or 9 megapixel) image.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This is why high resolution imagery is so important, both in printing, and now especially in the digital space, as our <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Retina_Display\">display screen resolutions keep getting better<\/a>, and faster connection speeds can handle the larger file sizes. So when you\u2019re selecting imagery, try to look for images that are at least 1 megapixel (that\u2019s 1 million total pixels, or roughly 1000px by 1000px), if not 2-4 MP. Google Image Search actual has a tool to help you with that:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-16 at 12.35.23 PM.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/DtIRkQosQHZyWYQmfRJUPExVOMmDFzNjgqPaTxdwKFUaLRlBRUinZOok2rw-_rySNcn_rzFi7lB28CI2sQ5TGOOGfRdPUmF-f-cRb9ZoAv8hhCc0eftwGSNOx-g1kXFLXHA\" width=\"624px;\" height=\"315px;\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\">Last note on resolution: Pixels vs Dots<\/h1>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You hear a lot of people say \u201cDPI\u201d, which stands for \u201cDots Per Inch\u201d, but this stems from the older \u201cdot matrix\u201d terminology. Today, \u201cdots\u201d only apply to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dots_per_inch#DPI_measurement_in_printing\">print resolution<\/a>, where physical dots of ink are being laid on a material. In fact, print resolutions don\u2019t even have an equivalency to image resolutions &#8211; they\u2019re entirely dependant on the printer and are measured differently than pixels.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">So when you\u2019re talking about the resolution of a digital image, you\u2019re always talking about pixels &#8211; never about dots. Thus, \u201cPPI.\u201d not \u201cDPI.\u201d Maybe some of you Photoshop-savvy folks have heard \u201cDPI\u201d so much that you don\u2019t believe me. Well, take a closer look at the Image Size dialogue box\u2026see? It&#8217;s <strong>Pixels<\/strong> Per Inch.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pixelsnotdots.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/0k7MdzMLysYRgZ67yg4mfdBqI1dtUDi_TXG47XWA7A6MFdANU9VylfC-JSqC3xeBp4_f5enOTcV2A9UFGz9DLozIFCcjQdkUMXDrt3JLmvpmfJWv19N0oUUj6xmi5PekL7k\" width=\"600px;\" height=\"506px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Stay tuned for later parts of this series, covering Raster vs. Vector, RGB vs. CMYK \u2013 all that good stuff. In the meantime, <a href=\"http:\/\/pixact.ly\/\">test your pixel proficiency with Pixactly<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">For more from Steve, send a note to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:SteveK@TheSwitch.us\">SteveK@TheSwitch.us<\/a>.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our talented Digital Print Specialists breaks down some otherwise confusing concepts in this anthem of image printing best practices. 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