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- Momentum
Question:
I've been ask to design a billboard for this church. I have never done this before so I need a little help. What dpi do I use? And how much should I charge for the design? and any other tips would help.
THanks
- jgjh1510
I did a 14ft x 48 ft billboard last month for my current company. It is HUGE.
Here is a link to some guidlines from th printer we used, maybe they can help you:
http://langmedia.com/pdf/Large%2…
Can't give you any price info though, sorry.
- Bio0
basically what you can do is scale it down from actual size to about 1" = 1'
so if the board is 14ft x 48ft, then you can design it at 14in x 48in at 300dpi
you will get good results and that is that. =)
- jgjh1510
YES, scalling down is very good, at least for my computer!
My computer was choking the first time I worked on some print stuff with MEGA HUGE files.
Then I found out was OK to scale it down.
- Bio0
yea. scaling is a must really. photoshop cant do some of the larger sizes (physically as in it doesnt allow your canvcas to go that big).
nice link jg. i have to do billboards pretty often and what it says is pretty accurate for us as well.
that whole C60 M60 Y60 K100 thing always pisses me off. hehe.
anyway, as far as charging, there is really no reason to charge more for this kinda work that i know of. i always charge a standard rate of time. so... there really isnt any extra work that has to go into designing a bilboard. it is pretty straight forward and simple.
- Momentum0
so when i scale it down and design it on 300 dpi...when i'm done do I scale back to a the right size and a different dpi?
seriously thanks for the help
- Bio0
no problem.
as for scaling it back up, there is no reason. we always leave the piece 1" to 1' at 300ppi and flatten it and save as tiff. the print shop will size it up in their software.
so for real, it is pretty easy. =)
if you run into any problems, feel free to email me at
(my emial on this account is no longer valid since i changed jobs)
- Momentum0
thanks alot eric
- Bio0
aint no thing man.
aint no thing.
- Momentum0
if anyone can give me a rough estimate on a price that would help, i don't know how much time it takes since its my first time designing one of these so i'm a bt lost haha
peace