How big are the files you need to send?

[RichMedia]

Hey everybody,

I'm new to the forums, but I've been working with PS for about 7 years now, since 3.0. As time's gone by, I find myself dealing with larger and larger files (especially when dealing with print).

My question is, what are your pains when it comes to sharing your files with other co-workers, clients, etc. ?

Is it a pain to ftp?

Do you burn a lot of cd's?

Is there anything out there that can save me time/ money when having to get a large file to the printer or client?

Thanks,

Rich

[Koobi]

I mostly burn my stuff on a CD...cant afford to FTP even 3mb sized files with a dialup connection :D

Originally posted by RichMedia

Is there anything out there that can save me time/ money when having to get a large file to the printer or client?

All i can think of is flattenning your PSD or TIFF's. That way, the printer wont take long spooling right? Plus if youre going to FTP the file, flattenning it would make a difference. Though I dont think printing PSD's is a good idea.

Oh yeah, where possible, try to use vectors, but youre probably aware of that.

[RichMedia]

Thanks Bane, I do flatten files when sending to a printer but, at 300-600dpi, 15x20 images can still be rather large. I was just wondering if there was anything else people use to move their work around (e.g. groove networks, idrive, etc.)

Sharing PSD's would constitute working on one image with perhaps a couple of other people. Does anyone do this a lot?

Rich.

[Koobi]

at one time I had to share PSD's and damn it was bad heh file size and all that.

if its for print i used to use 300dpi too unless it was a digi printer but recently, i read that 150dpi was good enough (http://www.graphic-forums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5120). check the link out.

But i think PS has a workgroup feature...other than that i have no idea

[Boozer]

those files are really crazy...I was yelled at once because I was trying to send our client a 300dpi pdf version of their logo. and it was big.
so I gave up now. I keep 300 dpi files incase they ask but send them flattened 100-150 dpis...sometimes even 72.
they somehow print it and I be the good guy who send small files...so everything is fine.
but as I said I always keep the original high res :D

and moving this to DTP forum :)

[RichMedia]

72!? Everytime I've printed out at 72, it blew :throwup: , especially when compared to higher.

10 pt text at that res is a joke too.

Wouldn't it be cool if that workgroup feature in PS worked so that you could basically add anyone, and send high res images without even going to Email?

[Koobi]

Originally posted by RichMedia

Wouldn't it be cool if that workgroup feature in PS worked so that you could basically add anyone, and send high res images without even going to Email?

You have to send em through email??? huh??? I thought Adobe would have a better solution....really though is that how it works>

If anyone has worked with this feature pls let me know what you think of it. I wanna know!
/me jumps up and down

[RichMedia]

no, the networking feature works with a group of people within the same network and requires IT intervention/cooperation. I guess that's why nobody uses it.

Publishing to html just creates an album type html page/image files and you have to, in turn, host it on a URL.

I'm wondering if there are any plug-ins or other software out there that allows us to send the huge files that we work with to anybody else that needs to see them (either in their native PSD format or in its final high-res output form) straight from Photoshop.

Rich.

[Prepress-Online]

RichMedia,

Another to consider when sending large files to your printer,
is to send your flattened file and also send along your layered file as well as a back up. I would recommed a disc vs. FTP.

I work for a printing company if your job is on press and a problem pops ups it's quicker to work with a layered file where the printers desktop department can isolate the problem on a layer then trying to cut a mask around a flattened file, this would be more system time in desktop and down press time.

C. Beaudry
www.prepress-online.com