Hey you all! Im about to print out some of my images and I wonder if you could help me get the best result. Wich fileformat gives the best quality to exported images... .bmp or maybe something else? Wich paper is the best to use when printing.. photopaper or..?

I print bitmaps and/or .psp's onto Epson(R) Photo Quality(TM) InkJet paper. I just try to avoid pixelation wherever I can.

Well if you can get your images into a proper CMYK with proper color correction applied... Dunno if Bryce does that directly, but you could probably do that with Photoshop or another 2D program using .bmp from Bryce. Also you're going to want more dpi than what you get for a typical screen render. (150 - 600 dpi for print vs. 72 dpi for onscreen viewing.) Photo paper is probably the best to go with since it limits bleeding, but it's expensive so save that for after doing a couple test prints and getting the color correction right. (It's always wise to run a few tests and adjust, because additive and subtractive colors behave differently. Never trust the printer to match the screen and vice versa.)

Well, I have used a totally normal 40003000 pixel render, saved as JPG to let it print as a 8060 centimeter poster. No CYMK or such was used. The poster is awesome and has great quality, even with that low resolution of that render. J.

render to disc.. at whatever size you want, plus minimum resolution of 150 dpi. Sez my printers.. and they print proffessional photographers prints....

u color correct at the printers..every monitor differs..and every printer differs...

Thank you all for the advices

I agree with the 'test run' advice. Whenever I take Bryce renders to the printers, first trial always comes out way too purple for some reason :^( Very aggravating if you've ordered just one set that you need in a hurry :^(

check your monitor. Some of the first renders I did here were on a monitor where the red gun had almost gone out, and boy, was there a difference. There should be some free monitor test programs out there.

http://bryce-alive.net/calibrate/

"Wich fileformat gives the best quality to exported images" -Any format which is uncompressed, bmp, tif, psd. But even a jpg will print just fine, just save it as high as quality as possible. Suggestion - DO NOT save a jpg directly out of Bryce, save renders in uncompressed formats, and save it as a jpg with another program. "Wich paper is the best to use when printing" -"Photopaper". Either glossy or mat, printed with the best printer you can get your hands on! The average/good dpi to render at is 300dpi, its the accepted average dpi for almost any printing. -Yes, calibrate your monitor using the link erosiaart gave. If you can have your monitor calibrated with a physical hardware calibrator. -As erosiaart stated, you color correct at the printers. BEST thing to do, print out your picture at home, until it comes out exactly the way you want it, and give this to the printer as a PROOF. They will use this to tweak your file to match up. (Trust me...) AgentSmith

print out your picture at home, until it comes out exactly the way you want it, and give this to the printer as a PROOF. Hey, great tip, never thought of doing that. Thanks!

Oh, I went through hell in November trying to get some work I was doing to look as it originally did, printed out by a professional company, printing out on a four color press. In the end with ALL the problems we had, it was just WAY easier to give the printers my own print, that looked exactly how we wanted it to, and then printer would adjust my images to that. It has to do with my own monitor not being COLOR calibrated, my Photoshop not using the same CMYK settings that they used, AND the fact that their whole computer system is calibarted to their specific printing presses...so, in the end, a proof is easiest (in that situation, anyway). AS