For photographs, 180 dpi is often sufficient for large prints. For diagrams, which are less complex, you might even get by with less, maybe even 120 dpi. You could try rendering a portion of your image at that resolution (e.g. 540 x 540 for a 3" square) and see how it holds up at a normal viewing distance.
Cheers. rgb wrote: > Large format prints are not usually printed at the same resolution as > normally-sized images. This compensates for the distance the viewer is > at to see the image. If a professional printer is doing the work ask > them what resolution they need. > > Rich > > Eva Vanamee wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'd like to save an image in high resolution for a poster. >> The requested size is 20" by 30". I calculated that it would correspond >> to a 6000 x 9000 pixel image. >> How can I create such a large ray traced image without crashing the >> computer? >> Many thanks in advance for the help. >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) > Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Roger S. Rowlett Professor Colgate University Presidential Scholar Department of Chemistry Colgate University 13 Oak Drive Hamilton, NY 13346 tel: (315)-228-7245 ofc: (315)-228-7395 fax: (315)-228-7935 email: rrowl...@mail.colgate.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
