Buffalo Bills Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 Question. What would be the lowest dpi allowed for a rendering at a size of 30" x 24". The reason I ask is I have a few images needed to be rendered and I want to make sure that when client prints them out they aren't going to end up blurry. I usually don't go below 150 dpi? Anyone have suggestions, please let me know. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Warner Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 I think a lot of it depends on the printer/plotter. I have gone as low as 80 dpi for a 24x36 print, but that is with a really great plotter. My rule of thumb is 150 dpi or above. -Chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bills Posted September 30, 2004 Author Share Posted September 30, 2004 Chad, That's what I thought. The printer they use is very nice. I think I would be able to go as low as 100dpi, but I don't know if I can take that chance. It is bad enough these things take as long as they do to render out and to screw up by making the resolution to low is like suicide. Thanks for your response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockley91 Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 I agree. 150 dpi is pretty safe, anything below that will not show up well, especially detailing. Since this is an oversized print, you'd want all these details to show up anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Altieri Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 depends on the size of the image, if you will print a poster of 2x3 meters you can use 70 or 50 dpi, so if you print a photo of 20x30 centimeters you will need more resolution (at less 150 dpi)........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Altieri Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 sometimes yuo can render the image in 100 dip and resize the image to 200 dpi in photoshop and make low a sharpen filter, obiously you don't see more details, but the image will looks more soften (you don't see any dent pixels) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bills Posted September 30, 2004 Author Share Posted September 30, 2004 Thanks for commenting on this topic. Juan, I'll have to try that suggestion on another project. This one has a short fuse on it and I don't want to take a chance with it. It is good to know different options are available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 I've done a 7' x5 ' billboard that was printed at 100 dpi (CMYK) but they needed to increase the saturation before printing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bills Posted October 1, 2004 Author Share Posted October 1, 2004 Susan, That must have taken alot of time to render out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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