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Peter - 30 Jul 2005 10:06 GMT
I saw in a painting/picture shop the other day that they can put your photo
no matter how big on a huge canvas.It looked great same as the original it
was by memory about 1200x1500mm just looking at it.
So does this mean as long as you have a 6x4 you can do anything in the
future?(or now as I've seen)
Gene Palmiter - 30 Jul 2005 13:46 GMT
Yes...you can take any photo, without regards to resolution and print to any
size. However...a 1x1 pixel image will have only the one pixel...printed
really big. 100x100 will still be pixilated...1000x1000 will be
pixilated...but maybe that will be ok. Depends on the image and your
standards and how closely you want to examine it. Canvas is forgiving as it
ads texture to make up for the lack of details. I have done 36 inches by 48
inches...that would be just under a meter to just over a meter. It can make
a difference on how the image is up-rezed. Generally when a company is
offering to do this for the general public they are counting on people being
easily satisfied.

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>I saw in a painting/picture shop the other day that they can put your photo
> no matter how big on a huge canvas.It looked great same as the original it
> was by memory about 1200x1500mm just looking at it.
> So does this mean as long as you have a 6x4 you can do anything in the
> future?(or now as I've seen)
Don Stauffer - 30 Jul 2005 15:39 GMT
> I saw in a painting/picture shop the other day that they can put your photo
> no matter how big on a huge canvas.It looked great same as the original it
> was by memory about 1200x1500mm just looking at it.
> So does this mean as long as you have a 6x4 you can do anything in the
> future?(or now as I've seen)

There are certainly places that will print any photo poster size,
whether from a negative or a digital file.  The quality of the image
will still depend on the information contained in the original neg or
data file.  They still can't make a silk purse out of insufficient
information. If, however, the neg or image file is of reasonably high
resolution, and you will not be viewing it up close, these poster prints
can be useful.
Marvin - 31 Jul 2005 21:23 GMT
> I saw in a painting/picture shop the other day that they can put your photo
> no matter how big on a huge canvas.It looked great same as the original it
> was by memory about 1200x1500mm just looking at it.
> So does this mean as long as you have a 6x4 you can do anything in the
> future?(or now as I've seen)

Canvas has poorer rsolution capability than does a paper made for printing photographs.
So you can get away with msaking larger images that still look good - within limits.
 
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