Car show boards

[captainlaziness]

Here's my first ever design for a car show board (brag board).
Whaddya think?
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i239/captainlaziness/1stboard.jpg

[captainlaziness]

Also, anyone know where I can get a glossy, high quality print up in a fairly large size (I'm thinkin' ~21" by 28" or so) and for how much $$?

The original file is 2.06MB, dimensions are 2576x1716 pixels. That's pretty high resolution image that will tranfer well into a large printing right? I've got a .xcf extension and a .jpeg version.

[Fredy]

Also, anyone know where I can get a glossy, high quality print up in a fairly large size (I'm thinkin' ~21" by 28" or so) and for how much $$?

The original file is 2.06MB, dimensions are 2576x1716 pixels. That's pretty high resolution image that will tranfer well into a large printing right? I've got a .xcf extension and a .jpeg version.

Try Kinkos. Don't know how much it'll cost you though. I have a plotter that will print good size pictures but the only problem is it looks like crap the bigger we make it. We also don't have glossy paper or else i would offer to do it.

[Greg]

I created a board for my Cobra for World of Wheels last year. A friend of mine owns a vinyl printing business, and I've partnered with him for club stickers, banners, etc. We can probably do what you need.

Check out my storefront at www.f5banners.com.

Greg

[captainlaziness]

Fredy- I called a Kinko's place and they said with the size of the file and the resolution, printing on that scale (~21"x28") shouldn't be a problem as far as quality. Are you saying it'll be crappy because of the plotter? Paper isn't a problem, I can pick some up and do designs for anyone else who wants one and we could print 'em all up.

Greg- Kinko's said it'll be about $40 for a large size glossy print +$30 if they mount it on poster board for me (although I think I'll do that to cut costs), do you think your guy could hook me up with a better price?

[Greg]

$70 is probably a pretty good deal, actually. To print all that text in nice vinyl, the lay it down on the board, and "weed" out all the unneeded vinyl between the letters would be very labor intensive. You'd probably be better served to let them print it out (rather than doing it in vinyl), and let them mount it to the poster board.

The storyboard I did for my car was very basic; I just had some simple text, and actually glued photographs to the board of the car in various stages of the build.

Greg

[burstaneurysm]

I've always wanted to make one of these up... maybe I'll get one going next season. Yours looks good... I'd try kinkos first to get it printed.

[Fredy]

james send me the file to Fredy@kcscikotics.com I'll try and see if i can't get it to print to the scale you want it to...we don't use the plotter that much...I have plenty of paper, we buy it in rolls for it.

[captainlaziness]

Is the paper glossy? Either way, I'll send it to you.

[captainlaziness]

Do you want the .xcf or .jpeg?

[Fredy]

it's paper, Jpeg will work. If i need to i'll open it through my photoshop and change it from there.

[captainlaziness]

Cool. Thanks boss.

[Fredy]

Cool. Thanks boss.


James i got it printed....do you want to come by and see it?

[captainlaziness]

Yeah, probably tomorrow. I've got my car pulled apart again right now.

[rfzl]

I've been doing computer graphics and pictures for a long time. For those that would like to follow in these footsteps and make your own poster, here is a general rule of thumb.

Most color printers can print up to 2400 pixels per inch and beyond. A 600 pixel/in print is very good for most applications. Anything less will look okay but will not be photo quality. To convert from your raw image, say 2000x2400, you can divide the numbers by 600 and get the number of inches that the output. In this case, 3.5x4 inches.

For a poster size images, you can get by with 150 pixels per inch and even 96 pixels/in. It will look good from a distance but looking close will show the "dots". Many new printers have algorithms to correct for this so it is not as noticeable as it used to me. This would be very similar to the quality of news print or catalog images. So, in the above example, you could make a 20"x24" poster and still have it look reasonable.

One thing to remember about jpeg is that it is a compressed format. As long as it is viewed at its original size or smaller, it is fine. If you increase the size, you will see the "fuzziness", and the bigger you go, the worse it gets. If in doubt, make the original as high of resolution as you can and then shrink it as needed for your particular needs.

Hope this helps.

Ron