Help with converting my image to CMYK and 300dpi.

[Mañana]

Hello, i have a image which i will send to a site, to get printed as vinyl stickers. The site want the image to be in CMYK (no specifik profile) and 300 dpi. I tried to convert this file to CMYK and 300dpi the last days, but it's really hard for me, since i have no knowledge/experience in this.

I would really appreciate if someone with knowledge could help me to convert the image to CMYK and 300 dpi.

It's a .jpeg file in sRGB, with 72 dpi.

I believe i won't be able to fix this by myself, since i don't have adobe InDesign which seem to be the tool for this.

Here's the image: http://m.imgur.com/l7E3DqO

If someone could convert it to CMYK with 300 dpi, that would be great.

[Derek Cross]

Do you have Photoshop?

[Mañana]

Only "photoshop fix", on ipad.

[Derek Cross]

What are the dimensions of your image in pixels?

[Mañana]

3072x3072

[Derek Cross]

Your image is the correct size for printing 10cm x 10cm at 300PPI.

Ask your printer if they can convert it to CMYK.

[Mañana]

Great, but the picture won't be cutted as in your print screen right?

it's a site which i will order from, and they wan't the image to be in cmyk and 300dpi, so i believe i will have to do that job by myself, but it's hard with no expedience..  But if i got the dimensions right, it's "only" the cmyk left..

[rob day]

3072x3072

You can use InDesign to convert and resample the image.

Make a new document that measures 10cm x 10cm

Add a 10cm x 10cm frame fit to the page

Select the frame and place the image

Choose Object>Fitting>Fit Content Proportionally

Export to PDF using the PDF/X-1a preset

PDF/X-1a forces all color to CMYK and downsamples images to 300ppi. You can use the exported PDF in your design layout

[Derek Cross]

The OP has stated he doesn't have InDesign or Photoshop.

[rob day]

Thanks, I missed that.

[Test Screen Name]

Just so you know, the tool is Photoshop not InDesign for images. But this is pointless. You cannot make a better picture by increasing resolution. If you only have 72 dpi this is useless.

[Mañana]

My stickers will be in 10x10cm, i just read that the image should be in 1181x1181px for 300dpi, in thst dimension.

From the beggining i though more pixels = more dpi.

Anyways, here's the picture in 1181x1181px Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet

[Mañana]

Is this image/file in CMYK and 300 dpi? Will it work?

http://www.getinfotech.net/l7E3DqO.tif

[Derek Cross]

Well the color mode in this is example is CMYK, but it's too large (compared with the previous version) though the printer should be able to reduce the size. By the way, should bleed be added to the image?

I can't say whether it will "work" the printer should decide. By the way, what process is being used – is it litho or screen printing?

[Mañana]

No bleed will be added. I don't know which process they will use..

This is what the site says:

"designs must be set to the correct dimensions and of 300dpi or more and in cmyk"

Do i have to change it to 1181x1181 to get the correct dimensions?

[Derek Cross]

Try and upload it "as is" and see if it's accepted. If you can't add bleed they'll probably enlarge it a little to allow for bleed which means they'll trim a bit off each edge of the artwork, are you prepared to accept this?

[Frans v.d. Geest]

It is Ppi by the way, ppi=pixels per inch. Just saying 😉