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Feb 10, 2004, 18:39 #1
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Best way to make poster in photoshop
I have to make a poster for a class, so I want to make it look nice with photoshop, whats the best way to do this, by this I mean the size of the file, how to print it out in multiple pages and cut it to fit to make one big poster, I am clueless on making posters or anything that is bigger than a regular paper.
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Feb 10, 2004, 19:17 #2
I would us adobe Illustrator, you can do everything in vector format, print it up on a normal piece of paper, then hand your professor the disk if he want's it full size, Or take the .AI file to a printing place that would support it.
The thing about vector is you can resize it to any size and it won't loose any quality.Do you have news? Want it published?
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Feb 10, 2004, 19:18 #3
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How big a poster?
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Feb 10, 2004, 19:36 #4
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umm, this isnt for a computer class, i have to print it up myself, and im not paying for someone else to do it, hence why I posted here. And to top it off, I dont have illustrator, soo, that'd be why I asked for how to do it in photoshop. Any size really, probably size of normal poster board, which Im not sure how big that is.
Kyle Wolfe
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Feb 10, 2004, 21:05 #5
Hi Kyle. Maybe this link will give you a little inspiration. I recommend using A4 (8x17) for your poster. It's big enough to be considered a poster, and you don't have to worry about cutting and pasting (unless of course, it's required) for printing. Anyway, the automation tools (for PS 7 and above) come in very handy for projects like this .
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Feb 10, 2004, 22:06 #6
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ok, I dont think I needed the tut for that but thanks, Thanks for the dimensions too, I think I am just going to use the dimensions of regular postar board though. Now, what you mean by "cutting and pasting" is the printing of X amount of pages to get the full poster? This is my problem, I need to know how to go about printing these so that I can use a paper cutter and put each page together on the poster board. I know that you could just drag the image around in the print preview area but it wont give you the exact results of the poster enless you spend a ton of time examining which pixels it ended at, so that I know which to start printing at.
Kyle Wolfe
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Feb 11, 2004, 04:57 #7
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i promote my own club night and often have to produce posters and flyers. i simply use the Photoshop A3 preset, give myself guides 1cm in from each edge, then start designing
or are you talking about billboards? like a big roadside billboard?
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Feb 11, 2004, 06:12 #8
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Designing big print stuff in Photoshop is painfully slooowwwwwwww, even on a very fast computer, just so you know.
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Feb 11, 2004, 11:54 #9
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use illustrator...and it only costs like $10 to get it printed at a quick service printer like Kinkos
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Feb 11, 2004, 12:16 #10
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gah! OK, I am aware that I should be using illustrator, I dont have it, and I am aware that I should get it printed at a shop, but I am not going to, so, please answer my question...
Is there a wat to print these multiple pages withut useing a hit and miss on the movement of the image(in print preview)?Kyle Wolfe
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Feb 11, 2004, 13:24 #11
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Originally Posted by K. Wolfe
One recommendation if you are going to adhere it to a posterboard, use some form of spray-mount to stick them on. Using regular glue or a glue stick will wrinkle the paper and make it difficult to get the edges lined up and near impossible to keep the edges down.Kevin Hauge : Modern Leaf Design : Follow Us on Facebook
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Feb 11, 2004, 18:00 #12
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yup, I have some spray glue, I used it for my science fair project last month. Thank you, I ithink I will do what you said in splitting it up into sections on different documents.
Kyle Wolfe
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