forums2draw.netQuestions about printing
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Orkdoop (Dec 1, 2010)
is there a good way to get the art I have made on here printed out in high quality?? does resolution matter?? or does it only matter if you try to make it bigger??

any advice helps..thankyooouu!!
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lori (edited Dec 2, 2010)
you can get a print account at deviantart.com, or go to lulu or blurb.com and make a book or calendar and stuff... or just use your regular printer and buy some photo paper to make it glossy and pretty.. takes a lot of printer ink, but I printed out some favorites of mine that I did in that way, and made an album, they come out really nice on glossy photo paper
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Roytje (Dec 2, 2010)
No, the images you painted are to small to print on high quality. And as far as I know you can't make them bigger afterwards without losing quality.
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marcello (Dec 2, 2010)
It really depends on what you mean by high quality and how large you want to print them. For print you can get away with anything from 200-300dpi, and depending on the image type and scaling method you can get away with as low as 125dpi. Some images look great when they're pixelated, if you want a digital feel. Photographs, on the other hand, look terrible at low resolutions.

Given that, take your image dimensions and divide by the desired dpi, and you'll get a sense of how large you could print the image. A 600x600 image could be printed at 3x3 inches with no problem, but will look pixelated at 6x6. Your best bet is to try it with a printer and see how you like it.
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Orkdoop (Dec 17, 2010)
marcello, is that how the book was published?? in 72 resolution???
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marcello (Dec 18, 2010)
the book is 300dpi. we had to scale up images for it to work. in many cases you can see the pixels.
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enjoydotcom (edited Dec 19, 2010)
But that pixelated look really does not take anything away from the book. (still have it on display in my living room every now and again turning the page.).
 
Rosie906 (Feb 15, 2012)
To turn to my nerdy side, I'm sure you can find a program that converts other file types into vector images. Vector images are scalable WITHOUT getting all pixel-ified.
 
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