#3D Studio – resolution?
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I have created a 3D Studio image which a local bureau will print for
me as a high resolution A4 (8 1/4" x 11 1/2") size photograph. The
bureau cannot read 3D Studio files but can read a variety of file
formats through Adobe Photoshop. If I take my rendered image into
Photoshop, to create a file format that they can read, and set the
image output resolution to 300 dots per inch, the image size changes
and does not fill an A4 page size. Does anyone know what resolution
I should render my 3D Studio image at to ensure that the printed
image out of Adobe Photoshop, set at 300 dots per inch, will fill an
A4 page?
It may be easier for me to use a bureau that can read 3D Studio files!
But any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Hi John,
At what resolution did you render your image?
If you want to render an image for print at 300 dpi, then just
multiply 8.25" x 300 and 11.5" x 300, which means you'll need to
render your 3DS file at a resolution of 2475 x 3450 pixels. However,
you need not render the image at that high a resolution to get a good
quality color print, you could even drop it to 100 dpi and still come
out with about the same visual results.
It's very odd that your service bureau can't read TIFF or Targa files.
These are standard image file formats and not really "3D Studio"
files. At the very least, they should be able to read TIFF files,
which have become the standard image file format in the desktop
publishing field.
a couple of things I learned. Photoshop can read .tga files no
problem. The dpi of the file will never be correct. Just tell the
photoshop guys to print pixel-for-pixel with no scaling. Photoshop
should be able to work in pixels rather than dpi.