teabelly83 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Hey guys, just wondered what sort of size pixels are best when searching for your own images to have printed from photobox etc, everytime i upload a photo it says low quality image so want to try improve the image in photoshop or find the image i want as a bigger file. is that possible#? any help and tips please? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not_Pennys_Ship Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Go to google. Type in the name of the person you're searching for. Click on images (near search box) Go to search tools Then choose large. It'll list all the high resolution images on the internet: eg https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=michael+j+fox&es_sm=119&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=nPB1VeOBOoWbsgHkyID4Cg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=629#q=michael+j+fox&tbm=isch&tbs=isz:l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 It can depend on how big an image you want really, the higher the pixels the sharper the image for bigger photos. One tip I can give is if you Google search an image you want, click on it so it appears in the middle of your screen and then you will see the option 'Search by image' next to the pixels size. Click on that and it will do another search just for that image and give you all sizes available in small, medium or large. Click on one of them like large and it will open up an image search for all the large images, from there you can choose the image with the best resolution. I hope that makes sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabelly83 Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 Brilliant, thanks so much!! Really helped alot! It can depend on how big an image you want really, the higher the pixels the sharper the image for bigger photos. One tip I can give is if you Google search an image you want, click on it so it appears in the middle of your screen and then you will see the option 'Search by image' next to the pixels size. Click on that and it will do another search just for that image and give you all sizes available in small, medium or large. Click on one of them like large and it will open up an image search for all the large images, from there you can choose the image with the best resolution. I hope that makes sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 No problem, glad to be of help for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabelly83 Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 was a great help, i found some high quality images in google by doing those steps you said and printed them off in boots which i took to milton keynes collectormania. the quality was pretty darn good i must say, better then i thought actually. No problem, glad to be of help for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zahariel Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Got a few left to do myself, just waiting till closer to the event in case there are more annoucned... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabelly83 Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 Yeah i have a few more that i want to get printed for london so will probably do them in a couple of weeks as the lineup keeps growing. Got a few left to do myself, just waiting till closer to the event in case there are more annoucned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie138 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 i'm getting some fan art printed up for JLOK to sign (i hope), i'm doing it at 300dpi at the least - that's about the minimum you wanna go for for a decent print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zahariel Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 And now I have to add Blackadder to that list - 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabelly83 Posted June 18, 2015 Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 me 2!! im looking for a good blackadder image to print And now I have to add Blackadder to that list - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zahariel Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 The age of the show precludes high res images I think... might have to dig a little deeper it seems... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabelly83 Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 yes most definitey, ideally i want an image from blackadder 2 as percy The age of the show precludes high res images I think... might have to dig a little deeper it seems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinzz Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Also, if your printer can hack it, make sure to change printer settings to MAX DPI printing, instead of just regular printer quality. It might take longer for the print to come through, but if you can do it yourself, you spare a lot of money 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabelly83 Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 (edited) Yeah i considered doing my own, what paper would be best to use that wont fade etc over time? and its just getting the sizes/colours right in photoshop to print, but i bet it does save money in the long run Also, if your printer can hack it, make sure to change printer settings to MAX DPI printing, instead of just regular printer quality. It might take longer for the print to come through, but if you can do it yourself, you spare a lot of money Edited June 19, 2015 by teabelly83 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinzz Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 (edited) Yeah i considered doing my own, what paper would be best to use that wont fade etc over time? and its just getting the sizes/colours right in photoshop to print, but i bet it does save money in the long run Also, if your printer can hack it, make sure to change printer settings to MAX DPI printing, instead of just regular printer quality. It might take longer for the print to come through, but if you can do it yourself, you spare a lot of money We have a really good HP photoprinter so we just use the HP high quality photo paper and have had no issues with sharpie smudges or smearing, or fading for that matter. For safety, we do allow some time to "air dry" the ink before putting it in a folder... basically means we frantically wave it in the air for like a minute & then cover it with a piece of regular white paper before putting it in any kind of folder but we do this regardless of home-print or delivered print (call us a bit OCD :-) ) Edited June 19, 2015 by twinzz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead1987 Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I have a aliens hi-res pic that im looking to get printed but only thing is that most places i go to have glossy paper is that autograph friendly ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zahariel Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I tend to get them printed online where you can choose between gloss and matt. Gloss is fine but fingerprints show up very easily on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabelly83 Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 yeah places online you get the choice to print them glossy or matt, for the milton keynes show i printed 2 images off glossy in boots and they came out quite nice and the sharpie marker they signed with dryed pretty much straight away. just gotta remember to try and not touch the main part of the image to get finger marks on it. all my autos will be going in frames with borders sometime anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabelly83 Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 some images look nicer with the glossy print effect too actually. thoughts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrong Name Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) some images look nicer with the glossy print effect too actually. thoughts?If I get images printed, I usually only get a couple done and get them in both Matt and Glossy then decide which looks better and use that one. As you say, it can be different depending on the image. Edited June 22, 2015 by Wrong Name 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabelly83 Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 nice idea that, think i might print both types off and see how they both look some images look nicer with the glossy print effect too actually. thoughts?If I get images printed, I usually only get a couple done and get them in both Matt and Glossy then decide which looks better and use that one. As you say, it can be different depending on the image. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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