Im making movie poster and im wondering,...

[Dinozaver]

...what size and dpi should make my print nice and clean? Is there any other setting i should know?


tnx

[MoodsR4Cattle]

Hi Dinozaver,

When I've made a movie poster it's 300 dpi at full size (which depends, maybe 2' x 3'), but some print shops are happy with 17"x11" at 300 dpi and they'll bump it up to size themsleves.
Also, work in CMYK.

Check with your printer to see what size & dpi they will need.

Will we be able to see it when you get your poster finished?

[Dinozaver]

OK, tnx. I had in mind something like that, but i was just getting sure if i was right :P

And yea, when i finish the project ill post it here

If anyone have any other tip go ahead

tnx

[chuggs]

Originally Posted by MoodsR4Cattle

Also, work in CMYK.

Sorry to go off on a tangent, but what's the advantage of working in CMYK? Is it a more direct correlation to the printer?

[MoodsR4Cattle]

Most printers I've worked with want the files in CMYK. So to be sure I get the color I want, I work in CMYK instead of RBG because when you do the conversion to CMYK the colors get drained. If you work in CMYK you can adjust as you go along.

[lohkistudio]

Originally Posted by Dinozaver

...what size and dpi should make my print nice and clean? Is there any other setting i should know?


tnx

standard movie posters are 24" x 36" w x h.
200+ dpi should be fine.
Try using condensed sans-serif fonts: futura, helvetica both work nicely.


Best of luck.

[mmyrnana]

If your not creating the poster in illustrator, here's a few tips on fonts in photoshop. I would advise if you have illustrator to create the artwork in photoshop and then import the artwork into illustrator for the fonts to be crisp. It's not a required though.

What the fonts setting do for you in photoshop.

None - No anti-aliasing. Use this option for very small text, under 10-12 points.

Smooth - The average setting to make text appear smoother and easier to read. The highest setting of anti aliasing.

Crisp (default setting) - Results in slightly sharper edges than the the smooth option. A good happy medium between none and smooth.

Strong - Makes text appear heavier than the smooth option. But not like using a bold.

Sharp - Makes text sharp, but somewhere in between strong and crisp.

Anti aliasing example

But I just use illustrator! because I like my crisp vector fonts.

[mmyrnana]

OH! also here's a explanation about why CMYK or RGB.

Basically print = CMYK
Web/computer graphics = RGB

[tamlin]

Originally Posted by mmyrnana

What the fonts setting do for you in photoshop.

None - No anti-aliasing. Use this option for very small text, under 10-12 points.

Smooth - The average setting to make text appear smoother and easier to read. The highest setting of anti aliasing.

Crisp (default setting) - Results in slightly sharper edges than the the smooth option. A good happy medium between none and smooth.

Strong - Makes text appear heavier than the smooth option. But not like using a bold.

Sharp - Makes text sharp, but somewhere in between strong and crisp.

That's a very concise and useful summary of the different font options. I usually add type and then try all the font settings one-by-one to see which one looks best.

[wtonfox]

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