comic size for print

[annhell]

Need help guys..does anyone know what the standard size of the canvas and dpi (on photoshop) a comic page should be, for printing? :confused: Taking into consideration screentones and clarity and stuff..thanks in advance :)

[kraystone]

Depends on the publisher/country you are submitting to. But they are all 600dpi

HK/Taiwan/Japan > B4???
Malaysia/Singapore/China > A4???
America > Letter size
Europe > I think larger than B4... not sure...

[annhell]

kraystone, thanks for replying :D nope i'm not submitting to anyone, just want to know and do the correct size anyway. i'm actually very bad at all these technical stuff..duno how i passed haha T_T...

so does it mean when i open a file to draw in photoshop, i must create a (9.8inch X 13.8inch B4 size) with 600dpi? actually because i read somewhere, at www.tentopet.com actually. the artist said that it's better to do 1200dpi. but that's scarily huge O_O

[kraystone]

Wow that's amazingly huge. Perhaps it is "Photoshop" standard? In Manga Studio, the default is 600dpi. But Manga Studio gives you more precise/sharp pen strokes than Photoshop.

[annhell]

yup its photoshop...apparantly the people at tokyopop (an american manga publisher and anime distributer i think) require 1200dpi for print? but it is way too big for my computer to handle so i wondered if it's really that necessary.
well ya mangastudio sounds cool~ but don't think i have energy to pick it up :( anyway thanks for the advise kraystone :D i'll try that out now~ ^o^

[kraystone]

Oh, I know tokyopop! But 1200dpi for print is quite ridiculous isn't it? :confused:

I don't know that they are still having the submission exercise. Well, all the best!!!

[annhell]

no la..i not submitting O_O just wanted to know for my own knowledge. heheh..
wah kraystone..you're replying very fast XD

[kraystone]

Ya, because it's about comic, so it's real-time support :xD:

Zbrush is one-day delay, illustration is two-days, etc etc... <kiddin>

[annhell]

haha! now we all noe how to get ur attention liao hehehe