photo help 48x48

[Schofield]

Hello

I have a picture id like blowing up to around 4ft x4ft (48"x48") and was wondering whats the best way of doing this, or who would be the best to go to, im in York and tbh not really sure of anyone who could do this....Here is the pic...............

 

[mikeyp]

Fake...

Mike

 

[Jon Frost]

Could you rasterbate it?

Jon

 

[divine`]

Well, you may have a slight issue for two reasons here.

That picture would give you a resolution of 12.5 pixels per inch at 48"x48". This will look exceptionally bad unless you primarily view it from over 20 metres away.

Secondly, you don't own the copyright to that image, or any kind of license, so printing it would be, technically, illegal. Due to this, no decent print house will print it for you anyway.

edit - well, Illegal is the wrong word, it would be a civil offence but the ultimate point remains, any reputable printing agent won't print it without the proper permissions from the copyright holder.

 

[gumbald]

You're looking at sign printing too going to that size probably. Biggest I could get an image at a high street photo place was about A0, 4'x4' is far bigger.

 

[Ben M]

res of that is too low so it'll look awful

with a good image, rasterbate it =]

 

[Glaucus]

As said. To get a decent size photo. You would need a far far higher res photo than that.

 

[divine`]

As said. To get a decent size photo. You would need a far far higher res photo than that.

7200x7200 would be about the lowest i'd go, assuming the usage is personal (ie. on a wall in a house.)

Unfortunately, I don't think a 51.84MP version of that picture is going to be too forthcoming, so rasterbation is about the only really viable option.

 

[Rochest]

nice pic

 

[Rochest]

hi, actually found a better pic....res of 2349 x 2373 would this be any better for him....and rasterbating?? what on earth is that and how do you do that???

 

[divine`]

That would be about 65ppi at 36"x36" which is still pretty poor.

You want to aim for around 150ppi on a large print, 300ppi for stuff under A3.

Rasterbating is turning the image into one made of lots of dots spread over lots of pieces of A4 paper.

 

[A.N.Other]

Still looking at a pretty low res. print unless you rasterbate. Google it.

 

[Hamish]

2,700 x 2700 any good?

 

[divine`]

2,700 x 2700 any good?

For about 20"x20" at a push.

Though that page does say - " This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted" ", so copyright shouldn't be an issue.

 

[Schofield]

2,700 x 2700 any good?

i appreciate you looking


i mean i dont mind it being a little pixelated /fuzzy as my rooms a decent size, so am not after a perfect crisp picture looking again and having seen a A0 size ...A0 size poster of it would be great, how do you think it would look?

 

[divine`]

You could probably get away with 30"x30" (from 2700x2700) if you really aren't fussy but it will look gash.

 

[Schofield]

You're looking at sign printing too going to that size probably. Biggest I could get an image at a high street photo place was about A0, 4'x4' is far bigger.

Hi gumbald.....where in york (if in york) did you get your A0 print done???

thanks

 

[Tom0]

how big is A0?

 

[electric ant]

That would be about 65ppi at 36"x36" which is still pretty poor.

You want to aim for around 150ppi on a large print, 300ppi for stuff under A3.

Rasterbating is turning the image into one made of lots of dots spread over lots of pieces of A4 paper.

Are dpi and ppi the same thing? or do you mean dpi?

 

[divine`]

Are dpi and ppi the same thing? or do you mean dpi?

dpi = dots per inch
ppi = pixels per inch

An image printed at 300ppi, won't necessarily be printed at 300dpi

how big is A0?

841mm × 1189mm