[thelist] How to showcase my portfolio on paper

chris hardy lists at semioticpixels.com
Tue Nov 23 12:00:53 CST 2004


Ideally, you could use design mockups from photoshop/freehand/whatever to
print instead of doing screen shots - otherwise: your screen shots will be
72 dpi, resize them to a smaller size while increasing dpi to 150.

use bright white paper to bring out color

Hth
chris



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Burhan Khalid wrote:

> Well, not on screenshots specifically, but if you are going to be
> printing, make sure its on heavy stock paper.  Sometimes, the ink 
> bleeds through/smudges on the "normal" paper that's common in printing 
> shops.
>
> You could then cut the printed shot (in the heavy stock paper) and
> then attach it to a larger sheet and maybe highlight any features.
>
> If its photos -- you could try printing it on the special glossy photo
> paper.
>
> Sorry, probably not what you wanted.
>

Thanks for the reply.. very useful.

That's exactly the sort of tips that I was after. Thanks for taking the 
time to respond.

Tim

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