Expert: Kamal Krishna - 2/22/2009

Question
Hello,


           I have Photoshop CS 8.0 & am having problems with the cartoons I color. I would like my cartoons to look like the ZIGGY cartoons that appear on the web (Example: http://news.yahoo.com/comics/ziggy;_ylt=AvZDRGRjRzEVlikG9JaovdiOoswF ). I right click on the ZIGGY cartoon for PROPERTIES & I see that the Width is 300 px & the Height is 292 px. So I go into Photoshop & I click on IMAGE from the top toolbar & then I click on IMAGE SIZE & then I type in 300 pixels for my Width & it calculates the Height for me automatically. Then I type in 72 pixels/inch for Resolution. Then I e-mail my finished cartoon to myself & when I open up my cartoon there are some WAVES & SQUIGGLES throughout the cartoon & background. There are waves & “ghosts” (like on a T.V.) around my characters in the cartoon. It is NOT clear & clean like the ZIGGY cartoons that appear on the web. Is the Photoshop  RESOLUTION setting of 72 pixels/inch the same as 72 dpi? I’m trying to make my colored cartoons look good for the WEB (NOT for PRINT)! Please let me know how I can make my cartoons look nice & smooth for the web (so it looks good on my computer monitor & web site), without having ripples & diffusion in my cartoons. THANKS!


Answer
Hi Paul,
Instead of going into IMAGE and setting the width and height i recommend you to create a new file.

File> New
width: 300 pixels
Height: 292 Pixels
Resolution: 100 Pixels/Inch

and draw your cartoons.

Also while saving use these settings:
File>Save for web

Settings: JPEG High

and save.

If you still find the saved image having ripples and diffusion. email me the picture to lamaksstalk@gmail.com  so i can check.

- Kamal Krishna