: What's the best way to make a pdf book cover for Create Space? I downloaded a paper back book cover template from Create Space and loaded it up into Inkscape (and used GIMP to crop the background
I downloaded a paper back book cover template from Create Space and loaded it up into Inkscape (and used GIMP to crop the background images to fit the template).
What steps should I take, and what settings should I use, to guarantee the final pdf file of the book cover will test out at 300 dots per inch in Adobe Acrobat XI preflight?
Scenario One. Your background image jpegs have a resolution of 300 x 300 pixels.
Scenario Two. Your background image jpegs have a resolution of 72 x 72 pixels.
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The image dimensions are how you calculate what size they need to be placed into your Inkscape file to keep a 300dpi PDF.
For the 300px file, it would need to be placed in your PDF at 1" square (300px/inch).
The 72 pixel one would have to be placed in your PDF at approximately .25" square (4 x 72 = roughly 300).
You could, of course, scale them larger in your Inkscape file, but the larger you go, the less pixels-per-inch you'll have when you print (increasing the likelihood of it becoming pixelated).
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