Ok, I'm getting really frustrated.

Valgal

Valgal

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I'm making an album that is 7x7. I'm resizing the papers and templates as I go, but they're turning out jagged and pixelated. :( Is it better to create them as 12x12's and then resize the whole thing? Or just upload it to Blurb as 12x12's and let the program automatically adjust it to 7x7? :unsure:
 
Hmm, I always scrap 8x8 instead of 12x12 so I resize everything - papers, templates, elements, etc and I've never run into that issue. How are you resizing them? Could you post a screen shot?

You can definitely do what Sheri's recommending, but you still should be able to downsize everything to 7x7 within running into that issue.
 
I scrap 12x12 then upload it as is, whether I'm printing 6x6 or 8x8. The printing programme will automatically resize as needed.
 
jacinda said:
I scrap 12x12 then upload it as is, whether I'm printing 6x6 or 8x8. The printing programme will automatically resize as needed.
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This.

I always create at 12x12 because even if I plan to print it smaller, I might someday want to print those pages to a 12x12 book. You can always size down, but you can't size up.
 
YepBrook said:
This.

I always create at 12x12 because even if I plan to print it smaller, I might someday want to print those pages to a 12x12 book. You can always size down, but you can't size up.
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Yes and no. I've printed 8x8s at 12x12 and they print fine. I wouldn't go bigger than that though.
 
Nettio said:
Yes and no. I've printed 8x8s at 12x12 and they print fine. I wouldn't go bigger than that though.
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:blink: My school-taught graphic design snobbery says nonono. :D LOL! But, you're technically right. There might be softer edges and slight loss of sharpness but, it's not going to be a huge amount of quality loss between 8-12 inches.
 
YepBrook said:
:blink: My school-taught graphic design snobbery says nonono. :D LOL! But, you're technically right. There might be softer edges and slight loss of sharpness but, it's not going to be a huge amount of quality loss between 8-12 inches.
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Well your graphic design snobbery is welcome to come over and spot the differences on the layouts. :p :D No but really, most professional printers print somewhere between 150 and 300 ppi so an 8x8 (2400x2400 px) at 12x12 will still give you 200 ppi which is plenty good enough for a high quality print. I've only done it a few times, mostly when I printed the same layout as both an 8x8 for my album and a 12x12 to frame and I fully expected there to be a difference and there wasn't at all. Persnickety Prints will actually let you print an 8x8 up to 18x18 before it warns you of it being low resolution but uh, I don't know that I'd recommend that. :D
 
Nettio said:
Well your graphic design snobbery is welcome to come over and spot the differences on the layouts. :p :D No but really, most professional printers print somewhere between 150 and 300 ppi so an 8x8 (2400x2400 px) at 12x12 will still give you 200 ppi which is plenty good enough for a high quality print. I've only done it a few times, mostly when I printed the same layout as both an 8x8 for my album and a 12x12 to frame and I fully expected there to be a difference and there wasn't at all. Persnickety Prints will actually let you print an 8x8 up to 18x18 before it warns you of it being low resolution but uh, I don't know that I'd recommend that. :D
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I might have to snuggle-wrestle you, Lynnette!!!! :hugs::glare: I can't say I've ever compared a 12x12/12x12 to an 8x8/12x12 because I always make my pages 12x12, so since I have no actual factual data... I give... you win. :D
 
Haha, I only started doing 8x8 because the poor laptop I had when I first started digiscrapping couldn't handle 12x12. It was sooooo slow and died on me after like a year. So it was really born out of necessity than anything else. :D
 
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