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Saving snapsot to file
G’day I would like to print a frame from a music video I have edited in Sony Vegas. I have selected the particular frame and clicked on the ‘Save snap shot to file’ button, which has saved the frame as a picture. The problem is I would like to get this picture printed to poster size perhaps 70cm x 50cm. Where I get my printing done they have suggested I need to save the frame at 300dpi, so when it is enlarged it will be perfectly clear and not pixelated. Can I adjust the settings in Sony Vegas so when I save the frame as a snap shot it will be saved at 300dpi. Thanks. Peter Gillies.
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No. The reason why is that video frames are low resolution compared to digital cameras. Take the file that Sony saves and bring it into a photo editor like PhotoShop or GIMP to resize the photo and get your 300dpi setting. Don’t expect miracles though since your source picture is low resolution.
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You know, one thing I never understand about all those places asking for 300 dpi images… They never tell you what size the image is to be. I license my paintings for products and a company might tell me they want me to send them an image at 300 dpi for a product they are going to make say for instance a coffee coaster. What difference does it make when the image I have is 20 megs?
Roger Bansemer
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[Roger Bansemer] ” I license my paintings for products and a company might tell me they want me to send them an image at 300 dpi for a product they are going to make say for instance a coffee coaster. What difference does it make when the image I have is 20 megs?”
I assume they want to print the painting and by setting it to 300DPI it will tell you the true size that the image will be when printed on a 300 dots per inch printer. If, for example, they want a 4 inch by 4 inch render for the coaster, you should send them an image that is 4 inch by 4 inch at 300 DPI (which BTW, is 1200×1200 pixels on your monitor). DPI has no meaning on a computer screen. It is a measurement for print only.
~jr
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Yes, that’s exactly what I was saying or trying to say. Most places I deal with never tell me what the actual size is they want for a final and only keep saying “give me the image at 300 dpi”. They think that’s the only number that matters.
Roger Bansemer
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I don’t feel that you’re going to be happy with a poster print from a video frame. There’s a reason that advertising photographers use medium and large format cameras (and 20+ megapixel digital camera backs today) for advertising photography.
Dave
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[Roger Bansemer] “Most places I deal with never tell me what the actual size is they want for a final and only keep saying “give me the image at 300 dpi”. They think that’s the only number that matters.”
Oh I see, yea that’s just part of the equation. I guess they are trying to tell you that whatever size you think you are giving them, make sure that you are measuring at 300 DPI so that they get what you think you are sending.
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[Mark Barton] “Take the file that Sony saves and bring it into a photo editor like PhotoShop or GIMP to resize the photo and get your 300dpi setting. Don’t expect miracles though since your source picture is low resolution.”
Yea, 1920×1080 at 300 DPI is 16.26cm x 9.14cm. Taking that up to 70cm x 50cm is going to produce a very blurry image but 16:9 would produce 70cm x 40cm (8268 x 4651) so the fact that you want 70cm x 50cm suggests that your original video might be SD 720×576 in which case the results will be 5x worse than from HD.
~jr
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John, you sure know your math. I have trouble figuring out 6% sales tax!
Roger Bansemer
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[Roger Bansemer] “I have trouble figuring out 6% sales tax!”
lol… I have trouble paying 8.75% sales tax here in NY. 😀
~jr
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[John Rofrano] “lol… I have trouble paying 8.75% sales tax here in NY. :-D”
Be thankful. It’s 13% in my part of Canada (Ontario) 🙁
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