The PSD template for my stick is GIGANTIC. I don’t have artwork big enough to fill that kind of area. I need to resize the PSD so I can work with it and create a piece that actually is the same size as the artwork area on the stick. I don’t have any pics of Feng Wei that are nearly 5000 pixels large like the PSD is. I do have ones that are around 1000, which would work fine on a properly sized PSD.
You know that these PSDs are created at 300ppi with the intention of printing out at the highest quality possible?
If your own PSD is 1000 pixels wide, it would not give you as nice of an end result.
Right, I understand the point of it. I work in photoshop all the time. But the BASE images I’m using are not nearly as big as I need. I’m trying to make an all Feng stick. To my knowledge, there’s nowhere I can get HUGE high quality images to use of him. And when I bring it to be printed, I have no idea what size to tell them to print it out as.
This isn’t going well. =/
In which case, instead of shrinking the PSD, why don’t you enlarge your source image? The downside is, whichever choice you pick, the outcome on paper will take a hit on quality.
When you get it printed at the shop, if I’m not mistaken, all you need to tell them is to print it at 100% (no scaling) at 300dpi. I’m sure they can figure out what paper size that is.
On a side note, while it might not be the exact pictures you want, but a quick Google Images search got me pictures of Tekken’s Feng Wei at 2000x2500 and 3000x4000, so there should be plenty of high-quality and high-resolution source material out there.
I recommend NOT using PSD’s or JPEG’s for final printout…
Use Photoshop PDF format AFTER you flatten your PSD and adjust saturation for the final flattened image. Keep in mind that an image printed on any kind of paper is going to be darker than its screen counterpart because the screen image is back-lit on the monitor. I generally adjust +35 units on “Saturation” under image adjustment to counter-act the darkening effect of print-outs.
As long as it’s scaled 100% under print options, there won’t be a printing issue with the PDF.
I’ve had JPEG’s print out at the wrong side regardless of scale percentages, and frankly if you’re using PSD’s it’s sort of overkill and will take that much longer to open and print out. Also, JPEG’s tend to print out with altered coloring from the screen image because of the lossy tendencies (information) lost in highly compressed image formats.
PDF is the safest way to go without getting the biggest file sizes which make outdated computers chug along that much slower. Especially if they have to read the image file off of a slow Flash drive.
You have to understand that when you work at high resolution (large dpi, 300dpi or more), the image pixel count gets high! We’re talking 1900 X 800 pixels or more. You have to be very careful getting source material off the Internet because it tends to be low-resolution (72dpi) and much smaller (400 X300 or less) because of bandwidth constraints. That hasn’t changed in over 20 years thus far. Also, many artists do NOT like to post the highest resolution versions of their art because of intellectual theft and other people capitalizing (making money) off their work without paying a license fee (ie, giving them cash to use their work).
Still, I’ve seen ballsy individuals (generally, non-Americans) create unauthorized artist sketchbooks for sale online from very low-res imagery that they scammed off the Internet! There’s a good reason for the watermarks on a lot of the imagery showcased on DeviantArt.
The easiest way to avoid the pixel size issue is to scan in art if you have sources available (artbooks, wall hangings, lithographs, etc.) to scan in for your art template. (I DO NOT recommend using video still captures. First, if they’re from DVD or VHS source, the resolution is already fairly low – 72dpi. Secondly, so few people have Blu ray drives or ways “to rip” images from hi-res video sources that becomes a moot point.) Since 300dpi is plenty for most imagery, blow-ups from most 300dpi source images don’t suffer break-up/pixelization.
IF you have to deal with low res images, it’s best to make sure the image is huge (1200 X 800 or more gets better results)… You take far less of a hit in the final image print-out quality-wise.
I used to use specialized software to upsize image (Genuine Fractals and Perfect Resize), however they’re hella expensive.
What you rather have a 3 year old’s drawing or Leonardo Da Vinci drawing for your stick?
You get what you pay for. I had Art done by D3v before, and its worth it, plus I think D3v’s prices are more than fare compared to what others will charge for a custom commissioned art work. I say it this way, go look up rates for commissioned art at for example people who do commissions at Deviant art, now have that custom art made to precisely fit a arcade stick’s panel? That kind of precision isn’t cheap.
That post was like four months old.
I already got my lesson thank you very much.
Is there anyone out there that might have the Hori Soul Calibur V template I could obtain? I’d like to try a few different art pieces in a template see where the stick/button lines up. Any help would be appreciated.
R/s
Ryukyu
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tried ordering a plexi from that site but they just decided to refund me a week and a half later for some reason… sigh… it’d be nice to get rid of this scv art…
You ordered from Tek-Innovations? Send an email to art@tek-innovations.com and make sure to make the first word in the subject “URGENT”.
yes… well they already refunded me so i guess id have to try again… anyone have success with them?
Oh ya. I’ve done business with them many times. Countless art cut and prints, plexis, and a couple of Tek-Cases. Never had a spontaneous refund before.
hmmm ill have to try again how long do they usually take?
It typically takes about 14 days.