tubes vs elements

[the_littleminx]

Is it okay to use tubes in place of elements when scrapping or will this make the printed outcome look tacky and fake?

[Haley64]

Originally Posted by the_littleminx

Is it okay to use tubes in place of elements when scrapping or will this make the printed outcome look tacky and fake?

What I have heard about this is:
Most tubes are not made at a high enough ppi/resolution to be printed.. Most of them I guess are 72ppi, you can open one and look at the image info.
I've wonder if a person could tube an image at it's biggest size (500), unto a new transparent images,then resize to about 150 ppi's???
It's really too bad because I really love tubes!!

Seems like a lot of the brushes are able to be used however.

[the_littleminx]

That's what I was afraid of (the dpi issue). I guess I'll just have to play around with what I have and see what I can come up with. As an avid siggy maker in PSP I have oodles and oodles of tubes which is why I thought to ask this question.

Thanks, Haley.

Rebekah

Originally Posted by Haley64

What I have heard about this is:
Most tubes are not made at a high enough ppi/resolution to be printed.. Most of them I guess are 72ppi, you can open one and look at the image info.
I've wonder if a person could tube an image at it's biggest size (500), unto a new transparent images,then resize to about 150 ppi's???
It's really too bad because I really love tubes!!

Seems like a lot of the brushes are able to be used however.

[Emma]

there are a lot of brushes made at 72dpi, the Adobe user forums are always griping at brush makers who don't make high res brushes

you have to check to see if the brush, tube, element, stock photo, clip art, whatever is print quality. Do this in Image>Resize and look at the Original Dimensions to see

I usually check brushes and tubes by making them larger than intended and stamping them. If they look horrible, then I either don't use them, or keep the really small.

Any other suggestions for checking the resolution of non-image elements like brushes and tubes? My way isn't very "scientific"