What images sizes would I put in an "electronic press kit"?

I may not have handled a "press kit", ever, but I know they exist and
who uses them. I want to prototype an example for a campaign web site
and I know that the local news media will look at it.

For r.p.d, my question is simple; For each picture I include, what
pixel sizes shuld I resize the image to and what formats do newspaper
people liik for other than jpg?

Any links to examples of nice web press kits for ideas would be
appreciated. I've googled up a few and I'm not impressed for one
reason or another.


Thanks





--
Al Dykes
News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.
- Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

On Jul 18, 8:13*am, ady...@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:
> I may not have handled a "press kit", ever, but I know they exist and
> who uses them. *I want to prototype an example for a campaign web site
> and I know that the local news media will look at it.
>
> For r.p.d, my question is simple; For each picture I include, what
> pixel sizes shuld I resize the image to and what formats do newspaper
> people liik for other than jpg?
>
> Any links to examples of nice web press kits for ideas would be
> appreciated. I've googled up a few and I'm not impressed for one
> reason or another.

And you think you're going to get impressive responses here? Gimme a
break.

I have a suggestion: Call a "newspaper person" and ask him/her. In
my experience, "newspaper people" are always willing to help with
stuff like this. Unfortunately, this will involve picking up a
telephone and interacting with a real person, which might be beyond
your capability, but TIYP.

--
YOP...

Al Dykes wrote:
> I may not have handled a "press kit", ever, but I know they exist and
> who uses them. I want to prototype an example for a campaign web site
> and I know that the local news media will look at it.
>
> For r.p.d, my question is simple; For each picture I include, what
> pixel sizes shuld I resize the image to and what formats do newspaper
> people liik for other than jpg?
>
> Any links to examples of nice web press kits for ideas would be
> appreciated. I've googled up a few and I'm not impressed for one
> reason or another.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
>

Your call on physical size, but the prints should have at least 300
pixels per inch at the printed size. Do NOT downsample. If the prints
have more pixels, leave it be and let the printer driver worry about that.

You need only check the number of pixels to ensure that at the print
size you want to use, that you have adequate pixels per inch. In other
words, the number of pixels you have sets the maximum size you can print.

Take the number of horizontal pixels, and divide by 300. The result is
the maximum number of inches you can print. Oh, you can fudge a bit,
say 250 ppi, but for a press kit do not go too low- I would not use 200.

On Jul 18, 9:13*am, ady...@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:
> I may not have handled a "press kit", ever, but I know they exist and
> who uses them. *I want to prototype an example for a campaign web site
> and I know that the local news media will look at it.
>
> For r.p.d, my question is simple; For each picture I include, what
> pixel sizes shuld I resize the image to and what formats do newspaper
> people liik for other than jpg?
>
> Any links to examples of nice web press kits for ideas would be
> appreciated. I've googled up a few and I'm not impressed for one
> reason or another.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Al Dykes
> *News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.
> * * - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

Usually you include a number of sizes because editors are harried and
lazy. Check your local paper(s) for the standard widths for 1 column,
2 column and 3 column. Height is generally what looks right although
sometimes pics will be specified in inches (tall). So, a 2x1 picture
is 2 columns by 1 inch high.

Logos and such are usually in GIF format. Often you will see a B&W
and color version. If the logo is a specific color, that is usually
specified (sometimes as a Panatone color).

"Portraits" are usually tight head shots.

Remember that if you give them the picture, they can use them any way
they want so if you politician screws up, they'll use the picture for
that, too.

ALL pictures are in .jpg format.