Printing

saoranach

Hello all,

I have a question about the amount of pixels needed to get a decent image. I am looking to print it up on a big board - 4foot*8foot.

Has anyone any idea?

regards

mister-y

saoranach wrote: »

Hello all,

I have a question about the amount of pixels needed to get a decent image. I am looking to print it up on a big board - 4foot*8foot.

Has anyone any idea?

regards

i dont think pixels really matter but the higher the better , make sure its taken on the biggest pic size and is in jpeg

AnCatDubh

to achieve true print quality you need 300 pixels per inch (although it appears that you can get away with a lot less).

@ 300/inch you dimensions of 4ft X 8ft would equate to 48inches X 96inches hence in an ideal world you would need 14,400 X 28,800 pixels in your image.

The above is what would be recommended regularly but you can get away with less however in this case I wouldn't hazard a guess.

I can say that I've printed 30 inches X 20 inches from a 6 Mega Pixel camera image and it was fine - a little grainy close up but a couple of feet or more back and its fine.

stcstc

there are lots of variables involved

first the image itself, what kind of image etc

secondly, the purpose, does it need to be photo quality?

third, what kind of distance and envioroment is it going to be view from and in.

fourth, the kind of paper and mounting system to be used.


for example billboards are printed at about 70 to 100 DPI

what you really need to do is find a printer who understands what you are trying to achive properly etc and then it shouldnt be an issue

prints of this size are more of a colaboration between print company and the artist than just a mechanical task