making a poster
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- An_ie
hi, I'm making a poster for school.
right now I'm working half the size. how should I work in order to not lose to much quality when I will be ready to print to final size.
Someone told me that when I'm done with my poster, to change the size 10% at a time and save the new image..until I reach the size I need.
what would you do?
- mikotondria20
Work full size, or use Illustrator.
- phatlee0
Why can't you just work full size? If there's images involved, just use low res ones until the design has been signed off.
- Rand0
work at full size in vector based program. Depending on print method, you can probably get away with less than 300 dpi for imported raster art, though.
- Bite0
I usaully do my artwork in Quark and iff the poster is larger than the document can go then I work in 50% or 25%. as long as the images are 300dpi and look crisp then there should not be too much issue! Also take into account the distance people are going to see the work.
Keep a note on the document about how much the printer has to increase it by.
- An_ie0
thank you all :)
- -scarabin-0
resize to desired dimensions, make a new overlay layer, fill with 50% grey, then filter>noise that bitch at 12.5 uniform monochromatic
that's how we do it with movie posters
- -scarabin-0
and now that you know i have to kill you
- jonnyquest0
That one sheet noise trick is so overused... it doesn't actually fix anything just obscures already whacked out pixels... I am not above using it though... but running a noise overlay layer over bad art doesn't fix the bad art... Sadly everyone in this town uses it. To answer the question though some designers work at 50% and then output at 200% assuming their raster art is sufficient dpi... The only reason I see for that workflow is if your layout application doesn't support the final dimensions i.e.-quarks infamous maximum page dimensions... If you are working illustrator or indesign you shouldn't have any problems at 100%...
- -scarabin-0
yeah, it's just good in a pinch
work in a higher res
- jonnyquest0
besides my recipe is 50% gray noise at 45% monochromatic toggled off then i desaturate the noise layer set that bad boy to soft light and drag my opacity back till it pleases me...
now we all have to die
- jonnyquest0
LMAO!!
I can open my own agency with that killer app!! We will kill it with the old skool style!
- An_ie0
thanks for the tips... can I finish my poster before you kill us all?
I don't know why we don't work full size, she (teacher) told us to work 50% but when we ask her on how to have a great final poster, she has just no clue...
anyway thanks, I'll try your trick, my photo has a good resolution and I think it'll work just fine
- Rand0
if you're printing on an inkjet as opposed to offset litho at a commercial printer, 150 dpi should be fine