I guess that depends on how you want to output it. If you're going to print them full bleed on a 1" label, you'll want to make it at least an inch in size. And the density would depend upon what your printer can do.
Generally for a full bleed label as I would do from a portion of a photograph, I would create the label at 600 DPI and choose an image that is at least 700 pixels square. To allow for bleed and printer misalignment (and you will get misaligned prints along with printer creep) make the over all size of the image 1.1 to 1.125 in overall size though you should plan on a print area of 1 inch, so focus on the 1 inch area that you are hoping to get printed on the sticker. Keep any arc'd text within a 7/8" area (.875) to allow for misalignments (remember this is a printer, not a printing press). You can arc text in PhotoShop using the elliptical shapes. Read the Help portion on printing to a path, then read it again (it takes a couple of reads to understand it.) For better printing quality, save the files in uncompressed TIFF format rather than JPEG. This could result in some huge files (I've had them as big as 4-5 MB for 1 inch label if they're left unflattened).
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Originally Posted by bsoder52 OK,
I just got a trial version of Photoshop 9.
I've used it before, what I need to know is how large should I make the files?
I have the images I want to use, I want to create custom lettering that will "arc" over the top of the chip, any advise on doing this would be greatly appreciated as well.
Thanks!
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