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Turning internet images into hi-res printable 8X10
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:41 am
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:41 am
Best way to get high resolution images from the internet, save them to a thumb drive, and have them printed on to canvas (I've read Costco is a good place) to hang on the walls?
A relative is trying to get a bunch of different images (super heros, cars, movie posters, personal photos, ect) from the internet and print a bunch out on to canvas to hang on her sons wall. She'd like the entire wall to just be 8X10 of all the cool things her son likes.
Is there a best or easiest way of going about this? Finding these images, resizing them, whatever would go into it.
A relative is trying to get a bunch of different images (super heros, cars, movie posters, personal photos, ect) from the internet and print a bunch out on to canvas to hang on her sons wall. She'd like the entire wall to just be 8X10 of all the cool things her son likes.
Is there a best or easiest way of going about this? Finding these images, resizing them, whatever would go into it.
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Posted on 9/14/15 at 6:29 am to DukeSilver
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This post was edited on 9/25/15 at 6:53 am
Posted on 9/14/15 at 11:12 am to DukeSilver
For an 8x10, you're going to want to look for pictures that are at least 1200 x 1600. Of course, use your better judgement. If it's a crappy looking 1200x1600 on your screen, it's going to look crappy printed out as well.
You can filter out low res photos easily in Google's search. Just click on "Search tools" then size -> Larger than 2mp (1600x1200)
You can filter out low res photos easily in Google's search. Just click on "Search tools" then size -> Larger than 2mp (1600x1200)
This post was edited on 9/14/15 at 11:15 am
Posted on 9/14/15 at 3:04 pm to InVolNerable
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For an 8x10, you're going to want to look for pictures that are at least 1200 x 1600. Of course, use your better judgement. If it's a crappy looking 1200x1600 on your screen, it's going to look crappy printed out as well.
You can filter out low res photos easily in Google's search. Just click on "Search tools" then size -> Larger than 2mp (1600x1200)
This. Unless you get a vector image, you're going to lose a good bit of quality. So it's best to start your search with as big image size as possible.
This post was edited on 9/14/15 at 3:19 pm
Posted on 9/14/15 at 7:35 pm to InVolNerable
quote:Awesome, thanks for the tips.
For an 8x10, you're going to want to look for pictures that are at least 1200 x 1600. Of course, use your better judgement. If it's a crappy looking 1200x1600 on your screen, it's going to look crappy printed out as well. You can filter out low res photos easily in Google's search. Just click on "Search tools" then size -> Larger than 2mp (1600x1200)
Posted on 9/15/15 at 12:32 am to DukeSilver
Would the same tips apply if she wanted to go a little larger and go with 11×17?
Posted on 9/15/15 at 7:20 am to DukeSilver
Yep, for an 11x17 you're going to want minimum 1650x2550. As a general rule multiply each side by 150 for minimum resolution for decent printed quality, 200 for good, 300 for excellent. 300 dpi is considered magazine quality, so you probably don't need it. But hey, if you can find a picture you like with that kind of resolution it definitely doesn't hurt. Resizing a picture down is fine, resizing a picture up will result in lost quality (Unless it is, like GeauxColonels said, a vector. But I imagine you won't find very many of those for the types of images you are wanting).
11 * 150 = 1650
17 * 150 = 2250.
11 * 150 = 1650
17 * 150 = 2250.
This post was edited on 9/15/15 at 9:40 am
Posted on 9/15/15 at 2:17 pm to InVolNerable
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As a general rule multiply each side by 150 for minimum resolution for decent printed quality, 200 for good, 300 for excellent.
I never knew this, thank you sir.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 10:18 am to DukeSilver
all this is good advice.
I also had a photoshop plugin a few years ago that could actually take lesser res photos and blow them up to printable size with no quality loss
LINK
eta: looks like it's now standalone software that you dont need photoshop for.
Its a great tool.
I also had a photoshop plugin a few years ago that could actually take lesser res photos and blow them up to printable size with no quality loss
LINK
eta: looks like it's now standalone software that you dont need photoshop for.
Its a great tool.
This post was edited on 9/16/15 at 10:19 am
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