At 11:59 AM 10/13/2002 -0400, Emily L. Ferguson wrote: >Now, for the gallery your optimal size is nearly always 72 dpi because >monitors function at either 72 or 96 dpi depending on the platform. PCs >are 72 and some Macs are 96, as I understand it. There's been a couple of corrective responses to this comment, but I would add that it results from a fundamental misnomer in Photoshop (and, consequently, most other image programs.) The dpi (or ppi) once an image has been scanned represent an *instruction* to a printer, not any inherent characteristic of the file as displayed. I never downsample in resolution for screen display, and as a result, typically have either 4000 or 1000 dpi files. A 600x400 file at 72dpi and a 600x400 file at 4000dpi are identical from a file size and display perspective. It's better to forget about 72dpi, 96dpi, and any other dpi setting when targeting screen output. Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com
