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Printing from social media

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  • 04-05-2015 7:09pm
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    kandr10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭


    Is there any way to get good quality prints from Twitter/ Instagram? What size would be best to make it decent looking?
    I want to print some pictures for a friend and since its a surprise I don't want to ask for the originals. Is it just a bad idea? Any advice appreciated!


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    CabanSail
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    It depends on the quality of the image and how it will be viewed. Generally screen resolution files will only print quite small before the quality falls off.


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    222233
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    Did this recently if they are Facebook pictures printing them at 6x8 or 4x6 worked fine, not sure what size instagram pics are generally.


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    AnCatDubh
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    if looking for an online solution then you'll find sites like http://printstagr.am/ that will do it for you. It's been a long time since I've looked or used instagram but in previous times I think about 2.5" - 3" square was about as much as you'd screw out of the digital file which instagram produces.


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    kandr10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭kandr10


    Thanks all. That's what I thought.


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    stcstc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    depends on the use of the images, for example if its to blow up large for a birthday party, no one is going to be examining the quality of the images, they are just gonna appreciate them for what they are


    if its to make a gift thats ment to last a long time and be treasured then its a different issue

    i have printed iphone pics for customers comfortably 12" square. now it does depend on the image. some images suit being blown up more than others


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    Reoil
    Registered Users Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭Reoil


    Printing from social media will be ****e unless the prints are very small.
    The online images are 72 dpi, for printing they should be 300 dpi - if you are printing commonly-sized prints then they'll be very blurry and will suffer from software image compression artefacts.


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    stcstc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    the ones i printed for my last customer were not

    like i said above it really does depend on the image as to whether it will print at decent size


    i have printed 12" long no probs from a lot of iphone images

    not all social media images are suitable and not all will got blurry and show artifacts

    yep lots will BUT depends on the image


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