Hi.  Not even sure how to phase this question so here goes.  I have created a number of small pictures using Poser but have now been asked by a friend of mine if I can create something at A3 Portrait (20 cm x 30 cm) size.  Can anyone tell me if this is possible in Poser, and if yes how to do it please?  I know if revolves around the Poser work area window I will need to create to be able to do this but that is about all I am sure about?  Thanks.

A3 is a European paper size, to the best of my knowledge. Pictures on the screen are (usually) 72ppi (pixels per inch), so if you measure an A3 sheet of paper, and multiply that by 72 (you may have to convert to metric, I 'spose). That will give you a screen resolution close to what you need.

If you're printing the picture, it's actually about 300 dpi. There's some math to do the conversion properly (future posters her will probably have it). Same general concept here.

Most printers can support several page sizes. Even American printers can do A4 in a pinch, so you should be able to load and print.

Hope that helps.

Hi.  Many thanks for taking the time and trouble to respond its most appreciated.  Is there any way to make the Poser work area bigger via one of the drop down menu's so that even though it will looks small becuase of the screen size the actual work area you have in front of you A3?  Hope I phrased that correctly.

You'll need a render approx 756x1124 pixels. If you're having it printed, ask your printer what dpi they'd like and render it at the dpi they recommend. At the drop down menu where you can find your render settings, there is also a menu called Render Dimensions. Set everything up there. You can set the width and height as well as the dpi.

There's a calculator here that you can use for future things such as this ;o).

Laurie

Hi Laurie

Many thanks for your swift responce.

A3 is double A4 , close to 11 x 17"  at 300 dpi for printing that would be an image size of 3,300 x 5100 pixels

Thats a pretty big image.  You might go with 200 dpi . Just mutiply it out.

You can set Poser to render to a specific size in a new window. Its in render settings .  

You can render directly to file by using make movie, with  a frame length of 1 , and a setting of a series of files. It will render one frame, direct to file.

Hi Markschum.  Many thanks for your swift responce.

Yep, markschum is right. A3 is equivalent to tabloid sized paper. Ignore the dimensions I gave you - I went off the measurements you gave :o). You can use that calculator link I gave you to get your new size...

Laurie

Load a background pic with the dimesions you want. When Posers asks about resizing the window to fit click no
then work within the background pic

Hi Apple UK.  Many thanks for the suggestion.  I was in Blackppola couple of weeks ago for the first time in years.  Its changed a lot.

A3 is 29.7 cm x 42 cm / 11.75 in x 16.5 in, but it would be a good idea to cater for 'bleed', so make it 12.25 in x 17 in.

Your print service will probably want the image(s) at 300ppi, so your render settings would have to be 3675 pixels x 5100 pixels.

That's quite large, so let me suggest that you render at 200ppi instead (2450 pixels x 3400 pixels). Then open the render in Photoshop (or similar), interpolate the image up to 300ppi, and apply modest unsharp masking. The reasons why this will be OK would form a short essay, so just go with me on this.

You can set this up easily in Render > Render Dimensions, and Poser will mask the working area to show you what's in and what's out (see pic).

You should also find out if the printer wants images in RGB or CMYK - if the latter, make the conversion in Photoshop / your image editing app.

Thank you so much for this it really helps.  I have been tearing my hear out (what's left of it) trying to get this right and this explains some things which were confusing me.

Quote - You might go with 200 dpi . Just mutiply it out.

I agree. 200-240 pixewls per inch (ppi) usually retains all the detail you need. You might even get away with 150ppi and no obvious pixellation if the image doesn't have too many straight lines (like wheel spokes etc.). Do one at each setting (150, 200, 240, 300) and see which one looks best viewed at A3 on your monitor. If you use Photoshop, you can click "View-view print size" and get a reasonably accurate same size view of your image.