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Old 10-05-2010, 10:11 PM
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just wondering where can i print poster size photos cheap and ruffly how much does one pay these days.how big can i print photos with a 12 mp camera before i loss quality.
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Old 11-05-2010, 05:54 PM
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hey shane, i know up at curtin univeristy they print upto A1 in full gloss for 53 bucks per print i think cheap as chips. but as you have a 12mp cam i wouldn't go much past A3, unless you upscale your images or use a 2 or 3x drizzle to boost the MP.
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Old 11-05-2010, 06:17 PM
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Cool Brendan,
how do we get them to print the pics? Is this in a particular department etc?
do we get to make adjustments etc to the image to ensure it looks ok on print?

how do we contact them?
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Old 12-05-2010, 10:07 AM
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Im not sure how you would contact them being in a different state but theres always the other way, i can do it for you? (plus i get guild discount !! %), otherwise its called Guild Copy and Design center email: copy.design@guild.curtin.edu.au . As for getting colour fidelity, the only thing i can do for you is make sure that there isn't any funky colours on my calibrated monitor then make sure those colours don't change as they go to print. its kinda hard when your printing that way as your monitor has a limit to its colour reporduction.

they even do upto A0 at 80.50 per print 841x 1189 ... thats huge

Photogloss Prices are

A4 12.50
A3 15.50
A2 30.50
A1 50.50
A0 80.50

and since they print from a roll, you can go longer (panoramic) at 4.50 per 100mm


there requirement are CD,USB/external HDD's
PDF, JPEG, TIF, PSD though the layers have to be flattend.

let me know if you need any more info
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Old 12-05-2010, 05:16 PM
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Wow
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These are indeed great prices and a mighty generous offer you're making there.
I still don't feel like I have produced a good enough image with the STL 11km because I haven't had much of a chance to spend time imaging but I'll have a look at what I have now and hopefully in the next few weeks i might have something worth printing in large format
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Old 13-05-2010, 11:45 AM
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lovely photos on your page frank! just a quick question did you build your webpage or was it a pre designed one? im currently trying to get my page up and running thats all and im looking to see if theres anything good out there
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Old 13-05-2010, 02:07 PM
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Frank - it's when you change colour "models" from RGB (which is what you use) to CMYK for printing in a magazine or book that you have to worry about compensating for colour shift as your image is separated. Printing to a common poster as Brendan is suggesting usually means staying within the RGB colour model.

You should be able to go quite large too - even up to A1 or A0 on 12MP. Remember - it's a very large poster, designed to be seen from a reasonable distance - not at arm's length like a magazine. Therefore resolution is not as critically important, and you can stretch quite a ways. At poster size, even 15-25 dpi is fine.
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Old 14-05-2010, 01:31 AM
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thanks for the input there chris always good to look at something from a different view!
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Old 21-05-2010, 08:06 PM
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Sorry i took so long to reply
The software i use for the webpage is Jalbum.

Its free and quite easy.

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