Poster Questions

[Maralane]

I am interested in creating art posters. I am using Topaz to upscale to what I believe is the correct size, I then upload that in to Zazzle, but when it appears on screen it is way smaller. Does anyone know why? or is that normal?

Also, I was looking for the Guidefile that the FAQs section shows, but it appears to be non existent for anything I have tried to find it for

Thank you

[Barbara · Accepted solution]

The guide files have been phased out for the most part, and when it comes to posters, there's too large an array of sizes for which to create such files, and also, custom sizes can be used.

If you're trying to create a specific standard size--say, 11 x 14 inches--multiply the height and the width by the pixels per inch you're using in your image. I always use 300 ppi, so for an 11 x 14 inch poster, I'd create an image that's 3300 pixels by 4200 pixels.

If you're starting with truly small images you've downloaded off the internet, making them much larger is likely to lead to poor resolution.

The easiest way to do it is to create truly large images that can be used on any size poster, large or small.

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