When you are planning to make plates for publication, it is very important that you know the guidelines for submission of figures to the journal before you start scanning and assembling the plate. If at all possible, print out your guidelines and bring them to DiTRL with your materials to be made into a plate. The DiTRL staff will help you and try to make sure you meet all of the requirements.
Some journals require only submission of prints for their publication.
Others require submission of prints and electronic copies, while still others will only accept electronic submission. Enter this data in the file size calculator , and it will give you an estimate of the file size of the uncompressed image. After rotation, cropping, and colour adjustment, the file size of your uncompressed TIFF file should be equal to or slightly higher than what the File size calculator gives you. If you are making both prints and electronic copies, it is best to use the guidelines below for making plates in Photoshop andIllustrator. You may be able to do this if you are only making prints, but do check on their requirements on how they want it printed.