Next message: Dan Schwartz: "RE: [WinMac] Re: Rule of thumb"
We use 350 pixel/inch CMYK images and the size in megs is pretty close to
half the size of the image in square inches. Makes for easy math.
>
> -> Here's a rough rule of thumb: An 8x10 inch 300 pixel per inch RGB scan is
> 21
> megabytes; 28 megabytes when you convert it to a CMYK image. Even using the 28
> megabyte figure, that's 84 megabytes of free RAM (installed RAM minus
> operating
> system minus Photoshop); which puts what you need somewhere between 128 and
> 192
> MB of installed RAM.
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