CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

How do I take, process and save pictures to make posters 36" x 60".
Craig

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

Got Photoshop?

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

For starters, you'll need a very good quality camera and lens. Next, sufficient knowledge and technique to transform the camera's image to a printable file. That is going to take knowledge of post processing software, and a good bit of computer power and memory.

The usual print resolution is 300 dots per inch. Do some simple math to see how large that image is going to be "pixel-wise", and, thus, the file size.

Don't be surprised if the final printed image is not as sharp as you saw on your screen. Keep in mind NVD and you'll be surprised to find that you'll need to stand about 9-10 feet from the image when it is displayed on a wall.
--Bob

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

This place will do up to 42 X 56"

http://www.allposters.com/myphotos/photo_poster_prints/

Another -

http://www.uprinting.com/photo-enlargements.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwpYeqBRDOwq2DrLCB-UcSJAASIYLj2iN1BIIdlVLHS3Juh0JiTM8tJKbZR7bTmme8xMi1XhoC1mHw_wcB

Contact them, and they will give you details.

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

What kind of an absurd question is that?

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

I see you have a Nikon D800, any full size image from that camera will print at 40x60 straight out of the camera. With the T2i you will never get prints that big.
Printing is a function that is entirely seperate from the sensor resolution in measurements. Many people who have no clue as the the difference between "PPI" and DPI" will tell you to use your sensors ppi size to determine maximum print size. These people are fools to put it mildly. Here is a sample of images I printed using a straight out of camera JPG image for a customer recently. The native image size from the Nikon D7100 is 5400 x 4000 pixels. Using the rediculous standard of 300ppi for print size you have a maximum print size available of about 18"x13.3". That was as large as the local Costco would print his picture so he came to me to see if there was some sort of magic I could do to print it at 20x30 inches. No "magic" needed, just print it, and I did. No loss of resolution at all. He asked how large I could print it and I said that my printer went to 44" wide and I could print that file that large, so we did. Here it is hanging on my store wall as a sample of print sizes.
Do not ever listen to these fools who don't know a thing about printing. There are very few limitations, mostly the sensor resolution.

18x13, 32x22, and 44x32 all from a D7100 JPG file, no processing required.

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CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

Kmgw9v, I know you in particular would responded like this.
Craig

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

Yes I do have the Photoshop and Lightroom CC.
Craig

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

Fantastic Jerry, I'm sure they will have more info to help.
Craig

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

DON'T crop!!!! That will help maximize your pixels!! ;-)
SS

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

That is great MT Shooter, I knew you would have the straight forward info that could help everyone interested in processing Large prints. A friend of mine has a D3300 @ 6000x4000 pixels which is not far off the D7100 you speak of.
I was wondering about the T2i 18MP (5184 x 3456 pixels) that I converted to an Hydrogen-Alpha filter for Deep Space Objects. What would it's reasonable print size be??? I actually have the Canon Pro 100 printer that can print 13" x 19".
I know way to many questions but thank you very much in advance MT.
Craig

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

Thank you SharpShooter that is very good advice.
Craig

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

Thank you very much Bob that is all good info. and I do expect to be back about 5-10 feet in the living room. And I think Lightroom has info on saving images for printing.
Craig

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Very nice. Are you offering to be a poster printer for us?

Donkas1946 Loc: Southern NH

What kind of an absurd answer is that?