> Hi,
>
> I've been hobbying a while now with POV-ray. I used to paint but bumped into my
> limitations a few years ago and very luckily found POV-ray. I've not been a big
> communicator on this site - I asked a few questions which were answered (thanks
> again), and I've been able to answer 1 (yes, one!!) question, but I thought it
> about time to post my images and get some feedback. They are on my site:
>
> www.joostdevries.nl/en/
>
> All comments and suggestions welcome, Thanks, Joost
>
> PS I'm looking for some advice on printing them for a small exhibition (and
> uploading them to Zazzle and so). I'm using Gimp to add the text to my images
> and then save them as JPEG. Is there a best resolution for aprox A2 size? Or is
> as high as possible the best??
>
>
>

To know the pixel size you required, you first need to know how large 
the image will be when printed, and you multiply that by the DPI setting 
of the print.
A large, A size, print should need about the same pixel size as a 
smaller size A2 print. Normaly, you look at the larger print from 
farther away, so you can get away with a lower DPI setting. Just look at 
a billboard from normal distance and close up. It may have a PDI of 
about 0.5 to 2 ...

Once it's done, you just start the render with: +wxxx +hyyy -d +fn

xxx and yyy are the horizontal and vertical pixel dimentions. You are 
never limited by the resolution from quickred.ini, you can render to any 
arbitrary dimention you chose.
-d suppress the display window under windows and mac. Usefull when you 
render at a very large resolution.
+fn set the output format to png.
As you have large areas of uniform tint, you'll get a good compression 
ratio: Large image, small file.



Alain

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