The jpgs all seemed to have a faint shadow around the graphics. Google didn’t even recognize tif as a valid image type.Īs one might expect with text, the raster type files were better. I could only insert gif, jpg, and png files. The file types I tried were ai, gif, jpg, png, tiff, bmp and pict. I reduced the screen shot to half the original size, but the outline effect is still visible. If I were pressed for file size, dropping to 1000 px would be ok.Ī screen shot of what the 4500 px gif looks like. The default size when I chose Save for web and devices was 540 px, which was small and fuzzy even on the computer screen. Also, the graphics appeared to have an outline, but not a sharp one. Smaller, and everything was a bit fuzzy. Bigger than that the text became darker but not sharper. Resolution:Ģ250 pixels wide really was the best size. Didn’t work. So I used the Export and Save for web and devices commands to save the image in several formats, resolutions, and color pallets. I created an image that was a mix of graphical elements and text using Adobe Illustrator with a 7.5″ x 1″ artboard. For those who like equations, that’s 300 px/in * 7.5 in = 2500 px. At 300 ppi, a 7.5″ image will be 2250 px wide. I like using half inch margins, so the printed area will be 7.5″ across. I need an image that is the width of the printing on a standard 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of paper. Thanks Google.įirst, I needed to figure out what resolution to use, so I did a couple more searches, and found that the consensus seems to be that, unless you really need something sharp, like a piece of artwork, 300 ppi is pretty good. I found many different versions of how to insert or upload an image, one of which let me know that when inserting an image into a document, “most” file types are supported and the size is limited to 2MB. I tried all sorts of variations on “best format/file types/resolution for images printed from Google Docs/Drive.” My searches kept leading me back to Google Drive support. So of course, I started by trying a Google search. Printers can have resolutions of 1000 or more dpi (that’s dots per inch, which isn’t the same as ppi, but that’s a different post.) Something could look great on my screen and look fuzzy when printed. The screen I’m woking on is about 114 ppi (that’s pixels per inch). Monitors usually have a fairly low resolution. As anyone who works with both print and web materials knows, this can be a challenge. I needed an image for a Google Document that most people will probably print. Time once again for one of those “I’m going to need to do this agan latter so I’d better write it down” posts. Optimizing images for Google docs likely to be printed JPosted by aquillam in Astronomy.
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