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9/07/06 | notaliberal

Posted on 09/07/2006 8:11:52 AM PDT by notaliberal

We conservatives in Rocklin CA (near Sacramento) are doing a 9/11 rememberance. I would like to get a poster size picture of the towers as the plane hit (gruesome, I know.) I've found it on the internet, but I do not know the technical side of how to make it into a poster. I want to take it to a print shop. Any help would be appreciated.


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KEYWORDS: jpeg; posters
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In addition, every Wednesday a small group of us (not all Freepers) get together and support our troops to counter the American haters/Bush haters across the street. If any of you in the area are so inclined please join us on Wednesday around 5:30 to??? at the corner of Sunset and Park on the Safeway side. We are rallying to support our country in it's battle against Isamofascism and reminding the citizens not to forget why we are fighting.
1 posted on 09/07/2006 8:11:53 AM PDT by notaliberal
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To: notaliberal

Take to Kinko's - they have a machine that can take any photo to poster size.


2 posted on 09/07/2006 8:14:08 AM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: notaliberal

Just tell the shop where the photo is on the net and they'll do the rest..............


3 posted on 09/07/2006 8:16:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (Is Castro dead yet?........)
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Take to Kinko's - they have a machine that can take any photo to poster size.

That's not a very technical answer.

4 posted on 09/07/2006 8:16:09 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: notaliberal

In theory, if you know the path to the image, you could give that info to the print shop and they could go from there.

But bear in mind that if you blow it up too much, the picture will begin to get the jaggies as the pixels begin to separate.

There is software that can compensate for this to some extent. You'd have to check with the print shop.


5 posted on 09/07/2006 8:17:24 AM PDT by upchuck (Q:Why does President Bush support amnesty for illegal aliens? A:Read this: http://tinyurl.com/nyvno)
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To: Always Right

It is not a technical question unless he actually has a poster size printer and needs to know a technical problem with downloading fonts, etc.

Use the tools out there the market has provided - I gave him a simple answer to this "simple" requirement.


6 posted on 09/07/2006 8:18:00 AM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: Red Badger

Can any picture be blown up to poster size?


7 posted on 09/07/2006 8:18:25 AM PDT by notaliberal (uc)
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"Can any picture be blown up to poster size?"

Not with satisfactory picture quality. You have to start with sufficient resolution.


8 posted on 09/07/2006 8:19:40 AM PDT by dsc
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To: notaliberal
I've found it on the internet...

What is the resolution of the image? or put another way, what is the file size?
Are there copyright issues? Kinko's might not do it if they believe they are violating copyright.

What was the link where you found the image?

9 posted on 09/07/2006 8:20:18 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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Okay What would that be?


10 posted on 09/07/2006 8:21:20 AM PDT by notaliberal (uc)
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Can any picture be blown up to poster size?

Well they can. A low resolution picture will look awful grainy. A typical Internet sized picture would not look that good, but depending on its purpose it may be workable.

11 posted on 09/07/2006 8:22:58 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: notaliberal

You have FReepmail.


12 posted on 09/07/2006 8:23:55 AM PDT by afnamvet (It is what it is.)
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Hi Notalib,
Forgive me if my answer is more basic than your request. Go to the picture that you found. Using your right-side mouse button, click on it and select SAVE AS. Save the picture to your hard drive, and then copy it to disk, or cd, or a flash drive or whatever you have. Take that to the printers and they'll be able to take it from there. FRegards - Ol' Sox


13 posted on 09/07/2006 8:26:02 AM PDT by Ol' Sox
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Yes, any picture can. But if it's low resolution it would be awfully grainy and "pixellated". If You have a school portrait, say 9x10, they can scan it in at a high res and blow it up to poster size without much loss of sharpness.......


14 posted on 09/07/2006 8:26:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Is Castro dead yet?........)
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"Okay What would that be?"

There's no one answer. It's a combination of DPI, number of colors, original picture size, and sharpness.

You just have to blow it up and see. Try it on screen, first.

Sometimes you can use blur to get an acceptable image at larger sizes.


15 posted on 09/07/2006 8:26:57 AM PDT by dsc
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A gigabyte sized flash drive should be sufficient to load it onto and take it to some place like Kinkos. I don't know if a 512 MB drive would be enough, or not.


16 posted on 09/07/2006 8:28:37 AM PDT by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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To: Red Badger

DOH! Why didn't I think of that! Silly me.


17 posted on 09/07/2006 8:29:18 AM PDT by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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To: notaliberal

If you're making a poster-sized sign that will be viewed from a distance, you can get away with some graininess, and with printing the picture on ordinary sheets of paper in sections and stitching it together (just trim, carefully position the pieces against each other on a posterboard, and glue down).


18 posted on 09/07/2006 8:29:29 AM PDT by steve-b ("Creation Science" is to the religous right what "Global Warming" is to the socialist left.)
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To: upchuck

Re the jaggies-blowup thing, I guess it goes without saying that the jaggies aren't going to matter to those looking at it from a sufficient distance. Think the "digital camo" that up close shows obvious pixels but at distance looks just like your average camo.

Just like if you get too close to a TV you notice "imperfections" you don't notice at 6-10 feet.

I never fail to marvel at handmade roadside FOR SALE signs that look fine on the kitchen table but include critical text in 1/2 inch high letters only an eagle could read from your average car on the road.


19 posted on 09/07/2006 8:34:34 AM PDT by freedomlover (This tagline has been pulled - - - - Okay?)
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To: Publius6961

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20 posted on 09/07/2006 8:34:59 AM PDT by notaliberal (uc)
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