Do you go by Tapastic's file restrictions?

[khang4art]

Hello!
I'm planning on publishing my web-comic sometime, and I'm wondering if I should go by Tapastic's file restrictions. I'd like to know if anyone is using a different file size and how it is working out for you instead of the given image file type. It might not make a difference, but I feel that seeing others opinions may help boost my confidence in knowing that it may or may not benefit the quality in different ways.
Thanks!

[Kayke]

If you're looking to print your comic, you're going to need the files saved at a larger size and resolution than what you'd be posting to Tapas. Always work larger than you need and scale down.

But if you're talking about publishing to Tapas you have to follow the size and file type restrictions or you'll get an error while uploading.

[spadesart]

i do but dont do it its a mistake. if you wanna print then do print sizes

[khang4art]

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!

[Knight_Wolf]

i make mine from a 300 Dpi scan well two scans of A3 size page and after i am done inking and coloring etc, i resize one file to Taps standards for upload and keep a full res file for archive!

[thecokers]

My comics are saved at 300dpi in .tiff format, as the plan is to print them someday. However, when uploading to Tapas, I resize them down to 72dpi.

Hope this helps!

[punkarsenic]

youll have to go by tapastics file restrictions - to the extent that the files you upload have to be that size and type. it wont upload above that.

that said, you should not draw at that size, you should draw on a canvas in the thousands, and then make it smaller afterwards. it makes the quality higher and makes it easier to draw, and if you ever have a larger file limit elsewhere youre fine.

[Knight_Wolf]

you dont need to set to 72 dpi just set the width to 940 on photoshop and save at 300 works just fine and nearly no details lost! taps automatically set it to 72dpi
max file sizes are 940X4000 iirc and 2mb jpg, png or gif file!

[scarlet_wings_kaili]

I always save mine at 600 dpi and scale them down. It's always better to have a bigger file in case you ever want to print it in the future.

[khang4art]

What makes .tif different in terms of quality compared to png or jpeg?

[thomasfallaeriksen]

Tiff files can have the cmyk color profile assigned to it, which is needed for printing. Png. files can not. And jpeg tends to compress the image in a less desirable way. The tiff files can be compressed wile still retaining a good quality.

I always make source files as big as possible (my scanner sets the limit there, which is A3 sized paper at 600dpi).