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Resolution for local paper pics?

  • 11-10-2009 10:23pm
    #1
    brightspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,637 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone know what size/resolution I should use when sending photos to a local paper?

    (Don't want to clog up their inbox with huge files)

    Thanks

    Brightspark


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  • #2
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    All depends on the paper.

    Normally the files are under 1mb in size, depending on what they want.

    Best bet - ask them.


  • #3
    ValueInIreland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭ValueInIreland


    As a rough guide I would say the file should be between 5 and 10Mb (when open in Photoshop). A 5Mb file is approx 10x8" @ 150dpi which is the dpi setting used by most Newspapers, however this assumes the image will not be cropped, so I would aim for the 10Mb mark. This file should then be saved as a .JPG at a medium setting (5-6) which is relatively easy to send and store.
    Exceptions would be: Glossy magazines with newspapers which may need to be 300dpi, or if the image is so good that it may be used at say a 1/2 page (Rare!). On the other hand if you are shooting social pictures that you know will be used 20 to a page then a 2-3Mb file will be fine.
    Don't get hung up on the actual DPI - as long as the file is big enough, the dimensions and exact DPI will be set by the paper.
    The issue you brought up is a good one as most files received by newspapers are now far too big, where only 2-3 years ago many files had to be up-sized.


  • #4
    Reoil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭Reoil


    Send the largest you have, let them deal with it?


  • #5
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    Reoil wrote: »
    Send the largest you have, let them deal with it?

    The largest you have could be 15mb+. Sending that by email is a nightmare and may not get through.

    Most papers will specify a size for the image. There are occasions where they will require a larger format than normal, and will then request that.

    For most local papers, you want the file size around 1mb, so 1200 px max side and 300dpi.


  • #6
    bvlro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭bvlro


    Ideally, the resolution should be as high as possible. But I have seen photos published in newspapers at very small size, something like 800x600px way less de 1Mb. I know that from a friend who works at a newspaper and it can be done.


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  • #7
    Trojan911
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Trojan911


    brightspark wrote: »
    Does anyone know what size/resolution I should use when sending photos to a local paper?

    (Don't want to clog up their inbox with huge files)

    Thanks

    Brightspark

    Resize to approx 400-500kb's per image. Send them uncropped & unedited and caption them preferably using Photoshop (unless otherwise directed by them).

    That is what I send into, and is accepted, by the picture desks for magazines and the tabloids.

    The last thing they want is a full size image i.e. 5-10mb's each image as it clogs their email servers. You will fall out with the Picture Ddesk Editor if you continue to do this.


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