Pixel size for cover art to fill the entire page perfectly w/o manual resizing.
So, I am trying to bring a fresh image to my music and what I am noticing is the rise of cover art which looks really sharp. So my questions is, what size should my final image be in pixels to fully cover a US letter page score. Thanks.
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Depends on how you will be doing the printing - eg, a color inkjet versus a traditional four-color separation at a professional print shop are two entirely different things. But a reasonable rule of thumb is to have images at at 300 DPI even if it isn't all actually used (much professional color printing is lower resolution than that ) or if more could theoretically be handled (many printers will claim support for 600 DPI or more).
8.5 x 200 = 2550, 11 x 300 = 3300. So, 2550x3300 would be good.
In reply to Depends on how you will be… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you for the response Marc, it is great to be back in MuseScore full time. And, it is also great to hear from you here as well. Have a great evening.
Bear in mind that you will need to leave a small non-printing margin (at least for most domestic printers).