Need help with file dimensions

[joralemon]

Very basic question...

I'm trying to create my portfolio as a viewable .pdf. I'm going for 6-10 pages with a lot of images of my work on each page. I'll need to email the final .pdf so I'd like to keep the file under 1MB.

Can anyone give me a starting point re: page dimensions and dpi in Photoshop? I have a book that says 9 x 6 inches @ 150 dpi. I tried those dims but when I view my pages the images look pixelated when viewed full screen on a 17" monitor.

I save my Photoshop files as .eps w/ max .jpg compression and then drag that file to distiller. I use Distiller's default "screen" compression.

Thanks in advance for any help.

-joralemon

 

[Nohjekim]

My opinion only but I wouldn't use JPG files to make the PDF pages.

I'm not sure that it even has an effect on the final size of the document since the graphics are all going to be rewritten into a completely different format and I don’t think anything except the size and final resolution determine the final size of the file.

I would make the page size as big as you want it to appear on the monitor at 72 dpi.

Try a regular old 8.5 by 11 and see what happens.

I make PDF files of my stuff to e-mail to my clients all the time and I just select the “Screen” setting in Distiller and send it at what ever size the job is and they always look sharp at full page view. I’m not sure how large a multiple page document would come out but 16 by 20 pages don’t come out at a prohibitive size.

Mike