what size poster can I print with a pic of resolution 1920*1200?

Question

Hi everyone great news after nights of searching I have finally found the perfect site for large wallpapers on games.

So I have wallpapers of Halo 3 and Guild wars of a resolution of 1920*1200, holy crap !!!!

This is a tiny bit more than 1080p. This is beyond HD. well a very little. about 200 pixels.

So I am so excited I am going to the print shop today and get my posters printed finally!!!

But am what I wanted to know is what is the largest poster that I can print with this resolution without loosing the quality. meaning without getting blocky/pixalated.?

I am looking at about a 36*50" poster.
can I print at this size and still retain perfect quality or should I opt for 18*24"?

is there another size I can print?

Please tell me people what is the largest size I can print and not loose quality?

Answer 1

Printing is different than a TV screen resolution. It will look just fine on the screen. 1920x1200 is still a small file for printing a big poster. Billboards are viewed from hundreds of yards away. I am assuming your poster will be hung inside your home. When you upsize an image to remove the blockiness, it smoothes detail. Doing that several times will drastically degrade the image if it is to be viewed from a few feet away. I guess you'll just have to try and see if the quality is ok for you. (It wouldn't be for me.) Your printer should be able to help you with this.

Good luck...And be sure to let us know how it turns out.

BTW: I just thought of something. You may not be able to get the thing printed at all. Artwork, game characters, photography, things like that are copyright protected. Your printer may not print it at all if it is something you got off the web and you don't have a copyright release for it.

Answer 2

Depends on the viewing distance. If you are farther away a pixel willl look smaller and the image will look better. For example with billboards you are not talking pixels per inch, your are talking pixels per yard.

I’d suggest

1–Talk to your printer. With luck someone should know how many pixels you need.

2-If you don’t have a good image editor download GIMP. It’s free.

3-Using the scale image command and cubic interpolation, increase the number of pixels by 10 percent. Keep doing this until you have the number of pixels you need. This won’t add detail but it will make your poster smoother

As for the 300 pixels per inch, that’s a number that popped up on the internet years ago that people repeat. With the proper interpolation techniques you can get by with far fewer pixels in the original image

Answer 3

Number of pixels is not showing the resolution. resolution is the number of pixels in a certain length or area. like:
72 Dpi (dot per inch)
for high quality printing you should consider about 300 Dpi to achieve a good quality.
in this way 1920*1200 pixels means 6.5*4 inches printing dimensions.

Answer 4

Without loosing quality, you can print 8"x12.807" at 150dpi (which is enough for poster printing). This is the size I would recommend printing at.

You won't be able to get to the sizes that you're looking for without some modification.

If you use genuine fractals, you can digitaly enhance you photos (this is one technique that they use for printing billboards)

Answer 5

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