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409 inches by 52 inches?
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...work in percentages, i would scale yours down to 25% actual size, then when output you would then need to print at 400% to get actual size required:
output width / original width x 100 = % required
so yours would be:
409" / 102.25" x 100 = 400%
...if using raster images, they will need to have enough dpi when run to 400%, for large work like this, you will be OK at 100dpi when images are printed. When scaled at final output you will have 100dpi effective resolution for raster images...
Andrew
output width / original width x 100 = % required
so yours would be:
409" / 102.25" x 100 = 400%
...if using raster images, they will need to have enough dpi when run to 400%, for large work like this, you will be OK at 100dpi when images are printed. When scaled at final output you will have 100dpi effective resolution for raster images...
Andrew
...you could always go to a lower percentage scale of course, just work through the math...
...vector artwork is scalable to virtually any size, without loss of quality, bitmap images are another matter really, but at your 409" width, you could also get away with a even lower dpi output of 100dpi...
...poster images are after all, very small images printed very large, but viewed from several feet/metres away...
Andrew
...vector artwork is scalable to virtually any size, without loss of quality, bitmap images are another matter really, but at your 409" width, you could also get away with a even lower dpi output of 100dpi...
...poster images are after all, very small images printed very large, but viewed from several feet/metres away...
Andrew
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Apepp, thks for the response! So, if I have output resolution set to 800 dpi I should definitely be fine. Do I even have to worry about gradient mesh resolution --which happens to be set at 150ppi? I *am* using a big, very prominent, gradient fill on this piece...
...gradients are smooth shades in postcript, as there aren't details in gradients keep the mesh resolution to 300 and you should be OK...
...gradients can be a problem with some output devices so best get advice from your output provider. Good gradients are much to do with the output devices ability/quality, in combination with how far gradients stretch in inches, generally the longer a gradient stretches the better chance it has of banding, especially with dark colours to light...
...lighter pastel colours in gradients can help to not show banding even if it occurs...
Andrew
...gradients can be a problem with some output devices so best get advice from your output provider. Good gradients are much to do with the output devices ability/quality, in combination with how far gradients stretch in inches, generally the longer a gradient stretches the better chance it has of banding, especially with dark colours to light...
...lighter pastel colours in gradients can help to not show banding even if it occurs...
Andrew
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