Is there a way to trick Bryce or otherwise get an image larger than the 4000 pix. limit?

Why do I ask?  Well, printers like 300 dpi with no interpolation. 

Never mind.  Forgetful me.  Render to disk will allow larger images.

Uh...glad I could help. :thumbupboth:

It was good info for people that didn't know.

Thanks tjohn.  Glad you helped, haha.  The older I get the more I have to jumpstart the brain. I recommend DieHard batteries in series with 12 foot long jumper cables.  If that fails see the Bryster for a free spin in his chair.

i read the ebot and was wondering if old age had finally hit you, willie...given that you not that far off from the century cark..ahem..(oh hell..do i see pillows in the distance?)

Hey Rosie...let's not be disparaging of older dudes...just turned 64 today but still feel 25 with 39 years practice, hee hee hee

Happy Birthday, Bobby!

"...Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64?"

I'm 59 and feeling every one of those years. Ow.

smart a** young'uns.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:  

Bobby..age is a state of mind.. 

yup Rosie...for sure and hanging around with folks 1/2 yer age who accept you as a peer sure helps as well...that's why I've cultivated nada but young musician friends since my marriage collapsed....all my old friends have really non productive patterns of repeating mistakes and the youngsters make creative new ones at least

Who? What? Where? What happened?

willie heading to mars to hijack your chair. 

he's forgotten about render to disc...

bobby just grew younger

and bryce decided to work without a hitch...

I have an idea that is worth trying(i think) If you are rendering a large scene do one part in one file and another on the another document and stitch it together in Photoshop or whatever you use. I don't think you can get past it otherwise as 4000Px is the max recommended and I tried putting 5000px in and it will automatically go back to 4000px. Or you could enlarge it in Photoshop choose Bicubic Smoother(best for Enlargement) and whack up the resolution to 3000. 

Hope that helps a bit.

Karl

In your dreams, Rosie.

karl..render to disc pushes it as large as you want. render time kills though..really kills. You can render to as much dpi and size (i use the inches bit) that you want. 

chris..who? what? but willie did attack your chair, whilst you were in bed..fast asleep..snoring, it's a replicate you sitting on..pure perfect forgery.  a heist bigger than Kunsthal Museum..on the likes of the Oceans. 

bobby getting younger? we'll have to count his gray hair. 

BUT..if you were talking of bryce working without a hitch... one day..one day..it shall. i shall not give up hope. hopefully. 

Wow I never considered rendering it to the disk. 

Thanks for Advice Rosie 

Karl

Karl..it's file..render to disc.. and the tiny box pops up. 

cheers

I never understood why some printers want friggin huge size files and others want a simple file size, and yet yeild the same results LOL! Nowadays I just send a RGB image at 150 DPI, or BW at 150 DPI and everyone is all happy. Weird I spect:-P

I once sent a 200 dpi coloured pix to a printer..and the amount of grumbles I heard. RGB at 150 dpi and everyone happy? Clay? Yuo are lucky

Its all digital printing now, did a 5 ft tall by 3 ft wide trade show sign and they wanted it at 113 DPI, talk about weird stuff LOL!!! The image file was 6"x9" or something like that, but after the printing and mounted on foam board, it was as clear as it was on my puter monitor. So its tricky.

DPI settings should only be an issue when considering the physical size of the print AND the distance at which it will be viewed.  I recently did a piece for a 72"X36" final. I interpolated it 150% to 300dpi.  Then the printer insisted it be in .pdf format not .tif or other common format.  

My latest excursion was to a renowned fine art printer.  He advised working in full size at 300dpi, .tif and never interpolate, even with software designed to do just that.

Some say you are fine resizing to 200% others say never more than 125%.  This last fellow said NEVER.  I kept in mind this last printer does work for museums all over the world.

I will never reach any level of fame but I'm listening to the latter gentleman's advice more than the others.  I'm thinking once I cut off my ear and send it to Rosie and die a tragic death I will be famous. In the time being, I'll will be beefing up the memory in my 'puter and will be having more nap time during renders.

Now about the age thing.  I attribute my little mental lapse to the sugar buzz from too many chocolate chip cookies.  I'm younger than all of you, and prettier, and and and and ... crap I forgot again. 

on .tif files, tiff files really only "add blur" to an image, its a to each their own thing kinda preference for artist and printers both, so I just do what the client wants LOL! Whatever move on to the next job, I just know I set my own stuff up the way I want and better have the results I expect from the printer:-) LOL!

I used to render 6000 x 4000, 7000 x 4000 and 8000 x 4000 Bryce images all the time. Just tilt the camera 90 degrees. And if your image is tall, then tilting isn't even needed.

I just realised that Willie is completely crazy and I don't have to worry about him anymore. ;-)

What!

prettier??? chris..i agree with you..LOL.. absolutely potty! 

Am about to go to a printer this week. i have increased pix sizes by 200% by decreasing the dpi. Will he accept it? i dunno.. I'm gona do a test print....one at 300 dpi, other at 200 dpi, the third at 150 dpi. will tell you the difference..ought to be done by saturday my time.. 

ineed the images clear for theya re for an exhibit.. 

34x24 inches.. 150 dpi..crystal clear. I had one that was already fuzzed but becasue i got it done on canvas.. the indistinct lines don't show. even at that size. 

Let me give some input here. DPI means nothing unless you're working with a physical print. I've printed many 36 inch images at 140 to 160 dpi and they look very good. For a book cover though, I would not go under 300 dpi.  Also, you can interpolate an 800 x 600 pixel image to 8000 x 6000 if you wish, but all you're doing is magnifying fine detail, which is fine if you want a giant blur. It's all up to you the artist. There's really no rules.  Personally, I'd like to print a 96 x 60 inch picture at 400 dpi but my hardware can't handle that!

Also, if your image has smooth, fine gradients stick with a lossless format like TIF, otherwise a low-compressed JPEG looks just fine.