Resizing a poster....
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- Thesocialgospel
Hi. I need help...
I have a poster I designed at 13" x 19" that I now need to print at something like 50x70 cm. What would be the best way to resize this to something that large? The original is 350 dpi.
Thanks to whomever helps!
- utopian0
- haha!bulletfactory
- fucking *swoonsversion3
- hahaismith
- HAHHAHAakrokdesign
- Hahahahaha! That's fantabulous!SumWurk
- iheartfun0
what did you do the poster in?
- baseline_shift0
live trace it on 'high fidelity photo' and you can make it as big as you want! SKYSCRAPER STYLE YO
- Thesocialgospel0
Its a PSD.
- inhaler970
while not favorable, I have increased the size (particularly what you are looking for, but I wouldnt go much bigger).
do one where you increase the size straight up, with the resample one, set on bicubic smoother (for enlargments) Photoshop has gotten better about interpolation.
I would also try one, where you cut the dpi to 180. Im not sure how big that will make it, cause your using inches to centimeters in your measurements, but as far as printing goes (atleast on inkjet) 180 holds up just fine.
- inkpink0
resize with pixel loss to your desired dimensions then increase resolution back to 300-ish in smallish (10%) increments using bicubic smoother.
or find someone with a resizing app like genuine fractals.
- inkpink0
or looks like teh 30day trial might be actually be full featured: http://www.ononesoftware.com/det…
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- inhaler970
or yea, genuine fractals works.
recently tho I took a print from about 20x24 maybe smaller to 30x40 and it looked good. I just added a highpass sharpness, very minor, and it looked great. No artifacts.
- airey0
what inkpink said, just make sure you're not resizing a layered psd.
flatten, resize to the size you want (in 10% increments, so 200% rather than 185% kinda thing) and 200/250 dpi would be fine as far as res goes. making something 300dpi from a lower res is just the same thing as resizing the dimensions, it still needs to pixel-split to create the new info.
also, i've got both blowup and genuine fractals so if i can help out let me know.
- inkpink0
either way 13x19 > 50x70 is a pretty huge bump... expect mediocre results
- it's only 50 x 70 cmduckofrubber
- oh ha shit. thx. my mistake.inkpink
- version30
all drop shadows, bevels, embossments and text should be wonderfully spot on though
- SumWurk0
I highly recommend GENUINE FRACTALS for enlargements. Seriously.
http://www.ononesoftware.com/det…
- monospaced0
SumWurk
If you like that, then you'll really like this:
http://www.qbn.com/topics/597931…
- doesnotexist0
give them a scaled down version and tell them what factor it should be multiplied by
- duckofrubber0
50 cm x 70 cm is only around 19.7 in x 27.6 in. Just resize without interpolation and do some sharpening. You should be around 200 dpi and that is definitely good enough for that size of a print. Don't sweat it.
- < yup. just do it quick in PS. my previous comments were thinking 50x70 inches.inkpink
- Thesocialgospel0
I tried it out, it worked really well. Its at, like 180 DPI, but looks fine for what its intended. Thanks guys!