Best Way to Showcase Web Work

Gino · 01-13-2008, 12:43 AM

What is the best way to showcase website designs in a print portfolio. Since websites designs are done at 72dpi in Photoshop they tend to print like crap.

Any suggestions for displaying web work in a print portfolio? I would like to show a variety of work in my personal portfolio.

Aarlev · 01-14-2008, 05:37 AM

I don't have any experience with print at all but we printed some web designs in my company to bring to a pitch and they came out quite crisp actually. They were just printed on a DELL A3 printer on photo paper. I don't know what the settings were etc. but the quality was surprisingly good. Or you could change the resolution to 300 DPI in Photoshop under "image size"? Don't know if that will work.?

spoongraphics · 01-14-2008, 07:54 AM

If I've got my head around it right you should be able to print a 1280x1024 web snap at about 100x80mm at 300dpi.

You might get away with 150dpi in which case it would be a bit larger. Depends how it's being printed really, if you know a local digital printer you could maybe run off a few experiments at different sizes and resolutions.

What about taking a photograph of the screen with a digital camera - as a kind of 'arty' presentation method?

Gino · 01-14-2008, 08:26 AM

Yeah thats not a bad idea taking the photo and I can experiment with some prints as well, thanks!

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Aarlev Bill Bailey for President Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London Posts: 279	I don't have any experience with print at all but we printed some web designs in my company to bring to a pitch and they came out quite crisp actually. They were just printed on a DELL A3 printer on photo paper. I don't know what the settings were etc. but the quality was surprisingly good. Or you could change the resolution to 300 DPI in Photoshop under "image size"? Don't know if that will work.? __________________ *"When was the last time you did something for the first time?"* Last edited by Aarlev : 01-14-2008 at 05:42 AM.

01-14-2008, 07:54 AM	#3
spoongraphics Designer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK Posts: 39	If I've got my head around it right you should be able to print a 1280x1024 web snap at about 100x80mm at 300dpi. You might get away with 150dpi in which case it would be a bit larger. Depends how it's being printed really, if you know a local digital printer you could maybe run off a few experiments at different sizes and resolutions. What about taking a photograph of the screen with a digital camera - as a kind of 'arty' presentation method? __________________ Blog.SpoonGraphics - Design Tutorials, Graphic Design Articles and Free Vector Downloads

01-14-2008, 08:26 AM	#4
Gino Administrator/Founder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NYC Posts: 789	Yeah thats not a bad idea taking the photo and I can experiment with some prints as well, thanks! __________________ CORPORATE IDENTITY CREATION //GRAPHIC DESIGN BLOG // T SHIRT BLOG

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