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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

07/22/2016 11:15:52 AM · #1

A potential client of mine want to make a presentation to someone in the hopes of getting a project funded.

She wants me to take a photo of a small (4X5) printout, then enlarge it to about 8X10 ... FEET.

Please tell me this is possible, please? My spidey senses are telling me it isn't...

tanguera

Nikon D750

07/22/2016 11:23:09 AM · #2

So she wants you to take a photo of a photo...?

You might want to shoot

Brent_S a message. He does a lot of upsampling and huge prints. I'm pretty sure he does it with captures from a DSLR.

But I'd have to ask, how is she going to present an 8x10 foot photo....???

herfotoman

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

Canon EF-S 15-85mm IS USM

07/22/2016 11:28:30 AM · #3

CSI is your only hope..

Rescaling [Gimp-talk] the pixels per mm is possible till just before it's nice and soft and unusable, is my best proposal.

Contact

GeneralE, I think he would know what to do and what is possible.

tanguera

Nikon D750

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

07/22/2016 11:29:56 AM · #4

Just wanted to add that iPhone currently has a billboard campaign featuring images taken on iPhones. So yes, it can be done.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

07/22/2016 11:42:19 AM · #5

Originally posted by tanguera:

So she wants you to take a photo of a photo...?

You might want to shoot Brent_S a message. He does a lot of upsampling and huge prints. I'm pretty sure he does it with captures from a DSLR.

But I'd have to ask, how is she going to present an 8x10 foot photo....???

It's not a photo, it's a computer printout of a painting... and she's not looking for photo quality. ...more of a x-large poster. How she's going to present it, I don't know, I'll find out...

Message edited by author 2016-07-22 11:49:21.

tate

Apple iPhone 14 Pro

07/22/2016 11:48:59 AM · #6

I enlarge images all the time in prepress.
Photoshop's enlargement options are much better than they used to be.

tate

Apple iPhone 14 Pro

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

07/22/2016 12:30:35 PM · #7

The thing that you need to consider is that most large prints are not intended to be see really close anyway. If you look at a billboard close up, for example, it it isn't photo quality.
But the method for enlarging is still important.

07/22/2016 12:31:56 PM · #8

I have more information:

this is for a presentation of only two people. The job we are bidding is an antebellum bank building on the national historic register. It is going to be a museum showcasing furniture and decorative pieces of that era. The image on the paper needs to look really good because the actual wallpaper will cost around $100,000 and the whole point at this stage is to show it will be worth the cost.

More than likely double sided tape. I was thinking FSC Certified papers.

We can go smaller in size. If 6x8 works the best then I'll go with it. I'm more concerned about image quality than size.

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

07/22/2016 12:34:13 PM · #9

Originally posted by tate:

Yeah, Looks like I'm going to have to find her a happy medium, so to speak.

tanguera

Nikon D750

07/22/2016 12:58:14 PM · #10

Why couldn't you just photoshop the image you're discussing into an image of the building to show what it would look like? Then blow that up to a 3'x4' (or larger) poster size so that it is impressive.

I cannot imagine the difficulties she will encounter trying to stick an image that size onto a wall. If it's not perfectly attached and buckles or wrinkles anywhere, it will be a disaster. Not to mention that I don't know if there's a tape strong enough to hold up the weight of that much paper....

Message edited by author 2016-07-22 13:00:15.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

07/22/2016 01:15:14 PM · #11

You might look into a company that prints signs and banners -- many signs and billboards are now printed onto fabric or non-tearing paper of some kind. And as mentioned, intended viewing distance determines required resolution.