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a2009
Joined: 04 Jan 2010
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 Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:52 am Post subject: quick question regarding poster size |
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ive been asked to design a poster that will probably be blown up to a3 size
what dimensions would it be safe to start with, and will be able to be enlarged when printing without any great loss of quality?
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darklite
Joined: 19 Dec 2009
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Location: Oregon, U.S.
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If I were you, I'd design the poster at actual size, high-res probably 300 dpi, CMYK colors. Art reduces wonderfully, but it never enlarges well.
If it's going to bleed, you'll need to add an extra 1/8 - 1/4" all around. Check with the printer though.
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a2009
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| Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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ive done that before and while the end product was of a high quality it took a lot of time and effort
the issue is i will be having to use an array of logos that aren't a very high resolution to begin with. i surely dont have the time to sit and try and remake all the logos in a higher resolution so i'll just work with what i have
id imagine it would just be a waste of time to work with the actual size if the source images are pretty low res. i mean they look fine on a pc screen but they'll just the equivlent of a dot when placed on an a3 sized poster in photoshop!
so yeah i was just wondering what resolution i might get away with using that will be easy to work with in photoshop but won't look terrible when blown up
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darklite
Joined: 19 Dec 2009
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Location: Oregon, U.S.
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I'm sorry, I guess I'm not much help on this one. I've had to work with lo-res images myself and they always end up looking just like that- lo-res images. Worst case scenario, you could create a canvas 5.5 x 8.25 @600 dpi, then re-sample it to 300 to create the desired a3 size. But it's going to look bad. You'll lose data in the images.
2nd idea might be to scan the logos at a very high resolution. But again, you might suffer some loss.
to my knowledge, enlarging pixels just plain can't be done. You can cheat with photos, but anything detailed will die a slow death.
Wish I could be of more help. Hopefully somebody that knows more about PS than me can come to the rescue.
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