exporting a tif file

[gabagoo]

A customer brought me files for 8 banners 4' x 10' he saved them as a cdr file. I opened them and they are fine and at full size. I am trying to export them as a tif file at 300 dpi full size and 1:1 when I open the file in flexi it isabout 1/3 the size. How can I get it to send out size as

 

[bob]

Why 300 dpi? That would be the definition of overkill.

Why a tif file? You can export a 150 dpi jpg with 0 smoothing and compression with insignificant loss.

Why bring it into Flexi? If you did a jpg or even, shudder, a tif, you can drop that directly into Production Manager with zero translation and attendant color shift and information loss.

I do this all the time, Corel->jpg->Production Manager, with incredible image and color acuity. There are only two caveats, Corel sometimes doesn't do a real good job on large gradients and large tracts of black tend to use a lot of ink since they're not using spot black.

 

[zmatalucci]

I agree, 300dpi is overkill. Especially on banner material where the banners texture kills any high resolution image.

 

[gabagoo]

I know 300 is high and usually 150 is what I would do, but still why does the final size in Flexi only come in at about 1/3 the size? The prints look good even after bringing them up to the final size, I was just curious. As to bringing them directly into the production manager, I am an old dog and I know what sort of works for me so I dont want to get anymore frustrated than is necessary lol if you know what I mean.

 

[Jackpine]

I export as 150 dpi jpg from Corel at full size and it is more than enough for a good print. I don't RIP from Flexi but I would adjust the size and then send to the production manager. Or just do what Bob said.

 

[gnemmas]

Gerber Omega does that as well. Perhaps they set the limit of file size they would handle. Experiment with 35dpi, 75dpi, 150dpi to see if the size increase.

 

[Fred Weiss]

Just guessing but perhaps the customer used TIF files at 1/3 the size and just enlarged them in Corel after placing them.

 

[normanmacleod]

Corel has a maximum pixel limit when exporting bitmaps.
The limit is 30000 pixels wide in x3, but it is only 10000 pixels wide in some of the older versions.
The screen will look like you set it for 300 ppi but it will output at the maximum available.
A 120" sign would require 36000 pixels at 300ppi, if you are only getting 10000 pixels the overall image will be a little less than 1/3 the size.