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I have an image of which I would like to make a large trace, around 3 feet
by 3 feet perhaps, and then print. I was thinking of sending it to a
professional photo studio and have them make a photographic print hard copy.
I think I remember someone discussing this very question a few months ago.
My questions:
1 Is this a sound idea?
2 Anyone know of a photo studio near Detroit, Michigan (or anywhere else in
the US for that matter) which could do such a thing?
3 Any advice as to how to render? The image I have looks great on the
screen, but will it print more or less the same?
4 Any advice as to how to send the thing? I presume they will ask for a
JPG. Should I optimize it at all or am I going to end up with significantly
lesser quality on the print?
If anyone wants to take a look at the image, some test runs are here:
http://www.geocities.com/hershelsr/povray/povray.html
(I apologize for the advertising)
By the way, I am a real beginner so any advice as to how to render, i.e.
global options or anti-aliasing, is much appreciated. I am using this for
now, but I copied it from someone else and don't really know what most of it
means. I am learning more all the time, but I need to print this out now
for a gift:
global_settings
max_trace_level 20
assumed_gamma 1
ambient_light 1
#if(1)
// ini_option "+QR"
radiosity
pretrace_start 16/image_width
pretrace_end 4/image_width
count 50
error_bound 0.1
recursion_limit 1
normal on
}
#end
}
Thanks,
Hershel
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in news:3be82921@news.povray.org Hershel Robinson wrote:
> 1 Is this a sound idea?
Depends on your budget, prints this size won't be cheap.
> 2 Anyone know of a photo studio near Detroit, Michigan (or anywhere
> else in the US for that matter) which could do such a thing?
You'll need to find a pro photolab that can print digital images to
photo negative and does manual printing of the poster. Here are a few
labs mentioned, I have no idea what they can do, as I live on the other
side of the globe.
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000vJf
> 3 Any advice as to how to render? The image I have looks great on
> the screen, but will it print more or less the same?
> 4 Any advice as to how to send the thing?
First find a lab, discuss with them what is needed. Resolution, gamma,
file type and how to supply the file. Then render it to that format
with the best possible anti-aliasing setting.
An alternative may be looking for a 'small' (silk-screen)printshop that
works for the advertisement industry. They make the big stickers on the
sidepanels of trucks an busses etc. They generaly have big high-res
inkjetprinters to print on vinyl or canvas.
Ingo
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Photography: http://members.home.nl/ingoogni/
Pov-Ray : http://members.home.nl/seed7/
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ingo wrote:
> First find a lab, discuss with them what is needed. Resolution, gamma,
> file type and how to supply the file. Then render it to that format
> with the best possible anti-aliasing setting.
And before spending the big money on a large print it might be best
to try a few smaller prints first to get feel for what works best.
--
Ken Tyler
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