Does anyone have any experience setting up Photoshop to process an oversize image. I estimate about 7gb for the image I need to print. I’ve been told that photoshop is only set up to run up to 2 gb images.
You probably already know this, but make sure you’re working on an NTFS(PC) or HFS+(Mac) or equivalent file system. They allow file sizes around 16 Exabytes (theoretically) and 1 Terabyte, respectively.
Do any RIPS read the PSB format? I’ve never tried it, but ours won’t read the PSD format.
Actually I’m outputting on a lightjet 5000 xl which is a photo printer that can print up to 72inch wide photo paper. The final image is about 12′ square at 300 dpi. So yes, two pieces 72×144. I’m not sure how long it will take. The largest I’ve done so far is 50×50".
No, not overkill because the original has information as fine as one pixel and when it’s reproduced with an ink based process this detail disappears. The difference is actually astonishing! It’s pretty standard for photographers who are moving to digital processing. (yes ppi)
The point here is that prints that large are necessarily viewed at much greater distances than an 8×10. I don’t know any photographers who would print a 12foot square image at 300ppi.
[EDIT:] Let me rephrase that last clumsy sentence: I don’t know any photographers who would take an image at 300ppi in order to produce a 12-foot square print.
Ah. But this is an image that you need to look at from very close. When you look from a distance you’ll see the basic form, but the closer you get the more you start to understand how the image is made. And this is where it becomes difficult to describe. I’m essentialy making an image of the universe with all of the black removed and all of the objects (stars, galaxies, asteroids) condensed into a massive cluster.
