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- WildPony
Ok, I just got a rush job to create a photo/text sign CMYK (bitmap photo etc.) thats 94inches by 55 inches. The company that were working with said their graphic guy (whos printing this) said to make it 300dpi in TIFF format.
Ok, i went into photoshop to create a new document and with those settings, im going to get a file 1.3Gigs. I somehow don't think this is going to work on my 500meg ram 1.7 pentium computer.
I NEED HELP! How do I get this done? What is the normal way large format design like this is done?
many thanks!
- kodap0
I dont think you need a 300 dpi resolution for that size
- WildPony0
That's what I was thinking (hoping) the guy were working with on this said he would talk to his graphic/printer guy whos doing this to get the specks. He just wrote me an email back with all this (300dpi, tiff).
I think I'll call him again to make sure this is right...
- WildPony0
ahh, he said to create them at 1/10 scale at 300dpi. That seems to make more sense :P
- mennik0
Make it half the size at 300dpi. Works for me. You won't notice the difference or...
buy a mac
- toqueboy0
this is going to be printed at 72dpi, so you scale is down into a 300dpi or 600dpi tif image...that when changed to 72, comes out to your proper resolution...
http://www.pattisonoutdoor.com/
check out their specs...they explain it pretty good
toque