Scaling, scaling...

We are designing some web graphics for a friend. By "we" I mean me and a guy who lives on the opposite coast.

He did the initial page layout/design as a PhotoShop tif, at 300 dpi, in layers and about 5 inches wide. The idea, on his end, was that it would be a small file size and, therefore, faster to download on my end. With me so far? ;)

Anyway, I'm suppose to convert it to 800 ppi wide, 72 dpi, jpg. Sounds easy enough. Or not :( Do all the scaling and now the graphics don't look right. :eek: None of the layer effects are right! :confused: :confused: :confused:

How do I scale his graphic, for my purposes and, once it's the size I need it, have everything look the way he created it?

Example: Text at that 5 inch wide, 300 dpi size with a one point stroke on it looked find when the graphic was 5 inch wide and 300 dpi, but at 800 ppi wide and 72 dpi, it's all wrong :(

Is there a preference or something I should be clicking somewhere and I'm just missing it?

Help... :(

oooo, bummer.
You'll either have a good deal of work ahead of you or you'll flatten that image before scaling. Still stroked items are going to give you problems in that your 1 point stroke is going to scale along with everything else.

Did he send you a layered tif? Or did he send you the layered .psd?

Oh yeah and welcome to the group!

OH! I almost forgot...

The "alot of work ahead of you" thing:

(taken from photoshop help file because I'm lazy!)

A layer style may have been tuned to look best on a target resolution with features of a given size. Using Scale Effects allows you to scale the effects contained in the layer style without scaling the object to which the layer style is applied.

To scale a layer effect:

1. Select the layer in the Layers palette.
2. Choose Layer > Layer Style > Scale Effects.
3. Enter a percentage or drag the slider.
4. Select Preview to preview the changes in the image.
5. Click OK.

Many thanx Lion of Judah. Bless you! :D

I haven't tried it yet, but that sounds like exactly what I was looking for.

Also, thanx for the welcome