WHAT TYPE OF IMAGES WILL WORK OK?
If you are scanning the images yourself from photographs it is better to save them in either .tif, or .eps format. These image formats will preserve the color and sharpness of your pictures the best. File formats like .gif or .jpg compress the picture’s color and pixel resolution and this can cause color shifts and blurriness. Since .jpg and .gif are the most predominant image formats on the web, it follows that it’s not a good idea to simply lift an image from someone’s website and use it in your layout. You should scan or capture your images using a resolution of 300dpi at the final dimensions you intend to use them so that your colors will look smooth, and hard objects will look sharp. In other words don’t scan at 300dpi and then enlarge the picture by 200% in your layout program! This is another reason why you should not use images that are lifted from websites; they are probably only 72dpi in resolution and will look very blurry if printed on a printing press. If you are using pic
