Forum: Carrara


Subject: Hard drive meltdown?

sailor_ed opened this issue on Feb 23, 2004 ยท 23 posts


bluetone posted Tue, 24 February 2004 at 10:01 AM

Resolution is resolution. Period. This thing with Carrara listing size in pixels, then @ resolution is silly. DPI is used for PRINTING only. Inches (or centimeters) X dpi is the resolution of the image. Or the image can be specified in pixels. (I.E. 1024x768) What Carrara does is assume your at 72 dpi on your computer, then if you change the dpi setting, they multiple by the difference to arrive at a different resolution for the image. What steama said about resolution is right on: "What I do is set my Carrara render output to match the Photoshop pixel size/count I am after. For example an 8.75" X 11.25" image at 300 dpi is 2635 pixels by 3375 pixel (inside Photoshop)." 8.75" x 11.25" @ 72 dpi = 630 x 810 pixels 8.75" x 11.25" @ 300dpi = 2635 x 3375 pixels Then he goes astray... "In Carrara I set the render output pixel size to 2635 pixels by 3375 pixels at 72 dpi. That was 72 dpi NOT 300 dpi (if you input 300dpi you will be sorry)." If he set the image to 630 x 810 @ 300 dpi, Carrara would create the same image as 2635 x 3375 @ 72 dpi. Check the Image Properties box located right under the Pixel Aspect Ratio in the same image size box. If you doubt me, give it a try. I just did. (Please note the screen capture.) Carrara should NOT have that little setting in there. It is misleading and confusing! There. Got THAT off my chest. Thank you for playing. Now please return your stewardest to her original upright position, and prepare for landing. ;> Hope this helps!!!!!