Large poster

sonsdad wrote:

Hi Group

I have a G4 Mac 10.4, 512ram and 400mhz running CS2. I want to produce a large poster 36" x 24" containing 36 images. I have been trying to do this using a grid but I am running into difficulties because of the size of the grid (449mb). I now wonder if this is the best way to produce the poster or is there a slicker way to do it?

Thanks for looking

I guess there probably is "the best way" available, but I probably never find out, and you probably won’t ever need it. Or it seems like what you really need is either "available way" or "possible way" but don’t really want to wait for "the best way" which may never happen <bg>

Well, I just wanna express how much I feel about "the best" when one doesn’t even know ONE to compare <bg>.

Now, back to "The Best" <bg>, I usually create large poster style from wedding and funeral photos, but mine requires Masking, Blending and few different tricks, and it requires some knowledge of Photoshop. And if you just want a simple way then.

1. Create a large canvas WxHxR 36" x 24" and whatever PPI you need (300-ppi for example)

2. Drag and Drop 36 images to the large poster. Arranging them to your liking

3. Flat all layers (you will be looking at at least 37 layers) then

– save to hard

– transfer to CD or memory card

– Take to photolab to have it printed

4. That’s it! enjoy the poster size. I said "poster size" not poster because creating a regular poster (like movie poster) will need more than just Drag & Drop.

In article <K0MIi.11509$>,
sonsdad wrote:

I have a G4 Mac 10.4, 512ram and 400mhz running CS2. I want to produce a large poster 36" x 24" containing 36 images. I have been trying to do this using a grid but I am running into difficulties because of the size of the grid (449mb). I now wonder if this is the best way to produce the poster or is there a slicker way to do it?

I would never do this as a single image in Photoshop. Instead, i would place all the images in a page layout program such as InDesign.

—
Photography, kink, polyamory, shareware, and more: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html

tacit wrote:

In article <K0MIi.11509$>,
sonsdad wrote:

I have a G4 Mac 10.4, 512ram and 400mhz running CS2. I want to produce a large poster 36" x 24" containing 36 images. I have been trying to do this using a grid but I am running into difficulties because of the size of the grid (449mb). I now wonder if this is the best way to produce the poster or is there a slicker way to do it?

I would never do this as a single image in Photoshop. Instead, i would place all the images in a page layout program such as InDesign.

Hi
Thanks for the quick response its very helpful. I did achieve the result I needed with iphoto ending up with a contact sheet with all the photos. The local lab can now work this up to the size I want from the file I have burnt to disc (or so they say!). Just a final question. Why was the grid itself such a massive file?

Once again thanks for your help

sonsdad wrote:

tacit wrote:

In article <K0MIi.11509$>,
sonsdad wrote:

I have a G4 Mac 10.4, 512ram and 400mhz running CS2. I want to produce a large poster 36" x 24" containing 36 images. I have been trying to do this using a grid but I am running into difficulties because of the size of the grid (449mb). I now wonder if this is the best way to produce the poster or is there a slicker way to do it?

I would never do this as a single image in Photoshop. Instead, i would place all the images in a page layout program such as InDesign.

Hi
Thanks for the quick response its very helpful. I did achieve the result I needed with iphoto ending up with a contact sheet with all the photos. The local lab can now work this up to the size I want from the file I have burnt to disc (or so they say!). Just a final question. Why was the grid itself such a massive file?

Because 36" x 24" (at 300 ppi?) is a lot of pixels, even if they are all white at the start of your project.

—
Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.com

Johan W. Elzenga wrote:

sonsdad wrote:

tacit wrote:

In article <K0MIi.11509$>,
sonsdad wrote:

I have a G4 Mac 10.4, 512ram and 400mhz running CS2. I want to produce a large poster 36" x 24" containing 36 images. I have been trying to do this using a grid but I am running into difficulties because of the size of the grid (449mb). I now wonder if this is the best way to produce the poster or is there a slicker way to do it?

I would never do this as a single image in Photoshop. Instead, i would place all the images in a page layout program such as InDesign.

Hi
Thanks for the quick response its very helpful. I did achieve the result I needed with iphoto ending up with a contact sheet with all the photos. The local lab can now work this up to the size I want from the file I have burnt to disc (or so they say!). Just a final question. Why was the grid itself such a massive file?

Because 36" x 24" (at 300 ppi?) is a lot of pixels, even if they are all white at the start of your project.

Thanks for that, it was the white pixels that confused me

"sonsdad" wrote in message

Hi Group

I have a G4 Mac 10.4, 512ram and 400mhz running CS2. I want to produce a large poster 36" x 24" containing 36 images. I have been trying to do this using a grid but I am running into difficulties because of the size of the grid (449mb). I now wonder if this is the best way to produce the poster or is there a slicker way to do it?

Thanks for looking

not sure you can use t his for Mac but
http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/

fun thing I did not try but saw on flickr

"tacit" wrote in message

In article <K0MIi.11509$>,
sonsdad wrote:

I have a G4 Mac 10.4, 512ram and 400mhz running CS2. I want to produce a large poster 36" x 24" containing 36 images. I have been trying to do this using a grid but I am running into difficulties because of the size of the grid (449mb). I now wonder if this is the best way to produce the poster or is there a slicker way to do it?

I would never do this as a single image in Photoshop. Instead, i would place all the images in a page layout program such as InDesign.
—
Photography, kink, polyamory, shareware, and more: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html

I’ll add to that that there are many layout or "draw" programs around if you don’t already have one but almost none of these are colour managed so just be sure you save the images you intend to import as plain vanilla sRGB.

Doug