Hello folks :) I'm creating a calander of saucy women for a disabled bikers charity and was wondering what defintion people use when rendering to produce nice sharp prints. As I recall the default for Poser is 72.00 pixels/" but how high can the settings be? Thanks for the time Mon

You want a minimum of 300 dpi, but definitely check with the printer you plan to use. They can give all the information you need. ;) bonni

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Thanks for the info Mon

What she said... For print I usually go 3 000 x 3 000 or higher, btw ~S

As a software engineer at a fairly large printing house, I'd have to say that QUALITY prints will need a better dpi than 72. 300 being about the minimum. Most digital printers (I assume your not making 10000 copies of your calendar) eat wasily 1200 dpi images - the quality is directly influenced by your choices in making the rendering. Most home-users will have limited amount of memory though, so maybe the suggested 300 dpi is enough, but in that case you should run a production-quality test -run before you submit your work to a printer - in case you are using a commercial printer.

Thank you all, this is what I love about this site, everyone's so helpful. I was toying with 1200dpi or thereabouts but I really din't know if that was overdoing it.Thanks again one and all Ah well, back to the smut Mon

1117 at 300 dpi is 33005100 which is far bigger then most home systems can handel- I've had good results at 150 dpi

Normally, offset-printing is done either at 60 lpi (lines per inch) or 70 lpi. For 60 lpi you need 305 dpi (dots per inch) resolution, for 70 lpi you will need a resolution of 350 dpi. Do not hit to high on the dpis, or you may risc getting a moire-pattern in your prints. If you are aiming at a mathematical-raster-print, you'll need your pictures at about 400 dpi - the rest will be done by the RIP-software. You should render the image at maximum resolution possible in Poser (4096 x 4096 pixels) and cut and resize it to fit your printing-size + 3 mm on all sides (bleed) When converting from RGB-colours to CMYK, make sure to use a solution for art-prints or else your pictures will look flat and greyish in print. If you need any help in converting the pictures for print, I can help you. I am doing this kind of thing quite a lot.