Clouseau is wanting to print and frame some Vue renders. Does anyone have any useful tips and advice on this. Clouseau uses Vue 8 and has photoshop. He is wanting to print an image up to 1 meter long.

Any advice is welcome.

1 metre?

well you'll need ot enlarge it up to

300 pixels per 25 mm of print size

so 1000mm/25 =40

40x300=12000

ie, largest dimension of image needs ot be enlarged up to approximately 12000 pixels for a good print.

You MAY get away with 100 pixels per 25mm, so 3000 pixels on largest dimension.

photoshop is ok, but Fractal resizer is better

http://www.ononesoftware.com/products/perfect-resize/

For such large prints, it's vital to render the final image in Vue at LEAST 1600 pixels in size (largest dimension)

:)

D-size paper (34" x 22") at 200 dpi.

Your render would be 6800 x 4400.

Try that first before deciding on 300 or 600 dpi which need larger size renders.

A1-size paper (841mm x 594mm) would be an equivalent.

In Photoshop use a program like onOne Resize 7 or Alien Skin Blowup. They enlarge fractally. I work 2200 x 14xx depending on my format. I blow it up to 13" x 19". I have also worked smaller when an image is taking a lot of time to render. I print at 240 on my Epson printer.