Harold Morgan wrote:
Hi. I want to print a poster for family as a a Christmas gift, and have been looking for best method.
Retail over the web, is see prices for a 23 X 35 poster from my digital photos for about $75.
Thinking of doing it myself on my color printer. Found a program called Pics Print (http://www.picsprint.com) with a built in ability to span pages so I can knit them together myself.
Has anyone tried this or other methods of homemade posters? Does anyone have software suggestions?
Many Epson printers will print posters directly – if you have an Epson check the layout section of your printer setup.
It can also be done very well in Photoshop here’s a repost of an article I did some time ago that also discusses how to assemble the sheets with a minimal seam once they are printed. Since posting this articleI have discovered that if possible, tape the paper strips together before printing, and the crease between each sheet will be harder to see.
begin repost:
It’s not automatice, but yes, you can print multi page pictures with PhotoShop with a little bit of work.
1) Resize your image to the size you want your poster to be, at a resolution of 150 pixels per inch. Make sure the "resample image" box is checked.
2) Save this image under a different name.
3) First drag guide lines to the places you want to make your cuts.
4) To make life easier, double click the hand tool so that you can see the entire image, and drag the window boundary a little larger so that you have a gray area surrounding the image
5) Then turn on "Snap to Guides", and make a rectangular selection for the first image, and use "Select>Grow" to expand the selection by 50 pixels, and copy and paste this selection to a new image.
6) Repeat this procedure until your panorama is complete.
7) Print each image, and cut off the vertical borders between the sections you want to join together.
8) Use masking or drafting tape to tape the images together from the back, lining them up carefully. Note that because you grew the selection, each piece will overlap by about 1/2 inch. If you want a very precise joint, continue with the remaining two steps.
9) Put the taped together images face down on a solid surface, and use a straight edge and utility knife to cut through the center of each overlapping seam. A new blade will produce a cleaner cut. Cut on a firm surface, not corrugated cardboard though solid cardboard will do. Tempered masonite works well as a cutting surface, or cut on a a glass surface for an even cleaner cut.
10) Tape the images together again from the back to form a seamless joint between each one. The seam will be close to invisible, even under magnification.
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Mike Russell
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