BJsHaven opened this issue on Dec 29, 2007 · 12 posts
svdl posted Sun, 30 December 2007 at 1:05 PM
The ppi/dpi settings are ONLY useful when you specifiy your render size in inches/centimeters.
The calculations are simple: number of pixels=dpi*number of inches. (both in horizontal and vertical dimensions). This is what Poser uses to calculate how many pixels it should render.
At what resolution you're going to print the image - well, that's up to the user. Do you want to print the image at 600 dpi? Fine, but the print will be smaller by a factor of 2 in each dimension. 150 dpi? Then it'll be poster size.
Remember, you first determine how big you want your print and at how many dpi, then you set those dimensions in Poser/Vue/Max/whatever, render, export the image, and don't worry about the dpi settings the rendering app happens to put in the .psd, .tiff, .whatever. You can and should set the right print settings in your 2D graphics program (Photoshop, PSP, Gimp, whatever).
The pen is mightier than the sword. But if you literally want to have some impact, use a typewriter