Maximum print size

spav

I'm looking to have a shot printed and framed, but I'm not sure how big I can get it printed at without losing too much dpi. Is there any easy way of finding this out?

It was shot on a 6mp SLR and very slightly cropped, the shot is on the below link;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/clickyfish/2894082805/sizes/o/

Also, can anyone recommend a site or shop in Dublin where I can get this printed?

Thanks

AnCatDubh

normally you would divide the pixel width/height by 300 to give you true-to-life dimensions in inches but with a 6mp image, I have gone to 30x20 inch print which was fine - a little grainy close up but if standing a couple of feet away it isn't really noticeable. You have a lot of bokeh going on it the image which should help to i.e. you don't need crystal clear results.

Online snapfish.ie - for about €10 + p&p you'll get a 30x20 print - you'd be stuck with glossy though.

spav

AnCatDubh wrote: »

normally you would divide the pixel width/height by 300 to give you true-to-life dimensions in inches but with a 6mp image, I have gone to 30x20 inch print which was fine - a little grainy close up but if standing a couple of feet away it isn't really noticeable. You have a lot of bokeh going on it the image which should help to i.e. you don't need crystal clear results.

Online snapfish.ie - for about €10 + p&p you'll get a 30x20 print - you'd be stuck with glossy though.

Great, thanks, that's plenty big enough and I can live with a little grain.

Paulw

If you use Photobox.ie (which now links to FlickR), you will be able to see what size they can print with good quality.

Nice photo.

PaulieC

it's a great photo, well captured. One thing though - there is a good bit of dirt (or what looks like dirt) that you should clean up before printing

stcstc

i have printed 36*24 from a 6Mp image before for a client

the trick is how you scle it and the kind of image as to if it works

petercox

Steve speaks the truth here. Although the more important thing of those two is whether or not the image was well taken. If there are any technical problems they will become very obvious at larger sizes.

Scaling method is important too, but of secondary importance to the above.

Peter

spav

cambo_gueno wrote: »

it's a great photo, well captured. One thing though - there is a good bit of dirt (or what looks like dirt) that you should clean up before printing

Yeah, I hadn't really noticed that myself til yesterday - think I'll be spending a weekend cleaning that shot and my lens!

melekalikimaka

if your ever stuck heres a way to print big with smaller than usual files with excellent results

http://www.ononesoftware.com/detail.php?prodLine_id=2

SinLight

Thats a great plugin, thanks for the reminder :cool:

petercox

Be careful with Genuine Fractals - whether it gives better results than careful resizing using Photoshop's own tools greatly depends on the image.

I own it, and used to use it religiously. But then I was demonstrating how much better it was than bicubic to a student, so took the same image and upressed it using both methods. The bicubic version was leagues better than the GF version.

It's horses for courses - nothing beats careful upressing regardless of what you're using, and there's no harm checking a given image with both methods to see which does better.

Cheers,
Peter

TJM

Lovely photo. One slight point though - perhaps you could desaturate out the purple fringing before you print? It's slightly distracting.