[scrappydo]

I recently started printing pages for Ian's graduation album. I am running into a few problems that I know are related to memory, which I will fix when I can afford to! The other night I was trying to print a page that I had a particularly elaborate tag on. The page printed with everything but the tag. I've always printed my pages in .png format, assuming that I would get the best print that way. In order to get this page to print with the tag, I changed it to a .jpg and to my surprise the .jpg file printed much nicer than the .png. I'm wondering if as a rule my pages will print better as a .jpg or is this case just an exception?

Thanks in advance for you input!

[varanda]

What program are you using? I always print my pages in the Photoshop native file, psd.

[scrappydo]

varanda, on Oct 28 2005, 11:18 AM, said:

What program are you using? I always print my pages in the Photoshop native file, psd.
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I use Microsoft PictureIt! and I have an HP Photsmart 1215 printer. This program automatically saves the project as a .png so you can go back in and move things around anytime. I get excellent prints from this printer. The photo on this particular page was not digital--it was scanned if that would have any bearing.

[satippetts]

Diana, I have used Microsoft Picture it alot. Its the main one I use right now. When I've printed I printed it straight from the program as a Png. just so I could save it as png and always have it in layers still to work on it at a later date if I wanted to. I've always just flattened all my layers under the edit tab to print it. Sometimes if I don't do this, I'll have weird things print out with my type boxes and stuff. It prints great quality this way, and I think it does it sort of like a jpeg. Just make sure you don't save it flattened. Otherwise you'll never be able to correct a mistake. I always just flatten everything. Print out the copy I want, and then hit the undo button a couple of times till it's no longer flattened and all seperate objects again and then make sure it's saved like that. I don't know if that will help. Try it. Shalae

[Fl gal]

Hi,

I use both depending on what I am going to do with the photo. I use PSE 1.15 and Picture It 9.0. If I am going to add the photo in a brochure and do not need the whit edge I save it as png. If I am adding the picture to an email I save it as a jpeg.

[Ro]

A lot of printers have problems handling .png files correctly. Sometimes they will even make the transparent background black.

That's why we give our consumers .jpgs and .pngs of everything. The .jpgs are meant to print out.

[JE_Thurnau]

I usually save them in both formats. JPEG is a lot smaller as far as memory goes, so it also allows you to email pages, input them into calender building programs from Wal-Mart and Kinkos, etc. It does do the same thing as flattening, but you can just hit the save as after you've saved the original and save as a JPEG too. I usually keep two different files, in case I want to change it.

[newtty]

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[roxanna]

I learned alot from this link too... now I know something!

[scrappin4twins]

I use Photoshop, so I always save my original as a *.psd file, then save as a *.tif for printing, then resize it to 500x500 and save for web. So inside My Documents folder I have a My Layouts folder and inside that I have three folders; For Editing, For Printing, and For Sharing. I have these also copied to my EHD, so eventually once I get them printed I will probably delete the ones for printing off my laptop to save space

Alix

[MN_Scrapper]

I use PSP X. I save my psimage file (huge) so I can go back and alter a layer if I need to, and then I export as a jpeg using the jpeg optimizer for printing purposes. My printer is usually much happeir about this arrangement.

[suejones74]

Ro, on Oct 28 2005, 02:31 PM, said:

A lot of printers have problems handling .png files correctly. Sometimes they will even make the transparent background black.

That's why we give our consumers .jpgs and .pngs of everything. The .jpgs are meant to print out.
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I read somewhere that you should save your photos as .tff because every time you save a photo as .jpeg it diminishes the quality. Is this true? I don't really know what I'm doing, but I want to make sure I'm saving my stuff the right way.

[Ro]

It is true that .jpgs will degrade but that is only if you keep resaving over them time and time again. As long as you save your .jpg and then print it out, no problem at all. All of our backgrounds we give you are .jpgs, as that is one of the print standard file types. When we send ads to CK for magazine prints, they ask for .jpgs.

That's why we advise you to open a new document and then paste the .jpg background into it (or move it over with your move tool) and then close your original up. Then you aren't doing this save and save and save thing on top of your .jpg. But Photoshop and Photoshop Elements won't even let you do that. As soon as you create a layered document, it assumes that you want a .ps file now.

[Shai]

I, too, save my projects in each format. Just habit

Shai

[CutiePie]

Thanks for the information this was helpful to know.
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Sametra

[Happy99]

Thank you all for the great information - learned lots:)

[Eileen]

Ro, on Oct 28 2005, 02:31 PM, said:

A lot of printers have problems handling .png files correctly. Sometimes they will even make the transparent background black.

That's why we give our consumers .jpgs and .pngs of everything. The .jpgs are meant to print out.

I'm new to digi-scrapping and have wondered why I get two versions of some products (.jpg and .png). I don't know what to use for what. If .pngs can cause problems when printing, it seems I should avoid them. Is there a basic tutorial on file types and their uses in digi-scrapping?

Thanks for your help.