[vangoghzbeard]

Hello, I'm using Adobe Photoshop CS and I am trying to get some photographs in order to have hang in a bar. I want to create "posters" of my black and white images at 24X36 or whatever Staples offers for the poster size.

Tonight a friend told me my settings for each photo are too high and that I need to cut them in half to make them look sharp at the poster-size setting.

Can someone give additional information regarding this and how and where I can make the appropriate settings?

I'm trying to get this done before July 1 and the turnaround time is within one day, so there is no rush, but I'd like to deliver the burned CD in good order as far as settings for each photo.

Your help is appreciated,
tph

[Etheryte]

Go ask your local printshop where you are planning to have them printed. We can't magically guess what equipment and etc. they use there.

[vangoghzbeard]

[Etheryte]

You magically guessed wrong, I don't even live in the US.
You know, being impolite doesn't help at all.
The answer remains the same:
We can't recommend you any settings as all the required standards depend on the equipment used for processing and printing, which means that we can't help you. If your print shop can't provide you with the standards, start using a different print shop.

[®Andy Flash®]

Okay responding with a rant usually wont help your case, as far as getting a response goes. but any way, have you tried simply going to image mode grayscale.. it may put them all to the same scale. other than that all i can thing is to try and match them using CTRL+B and try to colour balance them.

[Medley]

Ok, here's the thing- large prints don't have to be at the same resolution as smaller prints because people will be standing farther away from them. The farther away you stand from an image, the less resolution it needs to provide the illusion of continuous tone. Even the type, or frequency, of an image will play a role, People will stand farther away from a 24x36 inch portrait, to get a better overall effect, but will move in on something like a cityscape to see the fine detail.

As Etheryte rather bluntly suggested, the best resolution to use is going to be dependent on what kind of printer they use. Even the brand of printer can make a difference, in the case of inkjets. Sharpening is best done to a specific resolution, so until you find out what they're being printed on, it's hard to give specific suggestions for the best settings.

Want a best guess? Set the image dimensions at 5400x3600 pixels, and sharpen with a radius of around 1.5 pixels. I haven't seen the images, so can't even guess as to an amount to use. That's taking a lot for granted though.

Hope it helps.

- Joe U.