High resolutions pixels.
So, you’re designing a logo or graphic for vinyl banners or business signs? Be sure that the image used is in high resolution. Many people make the mistake of making it in 72DPI(Dots Per Inch) and only a couple inchs tall because thats how it looks best on your computers monitor.
However when you select that image and increase the size for it to fit on lets say a 36” x 48” banner, you are having to resize that image. To keep the math simple we will just say 20 inches, that means that we are increasing the size by 10 times its original size, so now instead of the image being 72 DPI it has now increased the size of the dot to 7.2 DPI, this makes those dots very noticeable. The key here is to have enough dots per inch to where the graphic will have smooth corners and curves. So, the main point is to have enough dots in your image will still have smooth and won’t be grainy when expanded or enlarged.
Programs like Photoshop can increase the DPI for an image for you, but this can sometimes cause the enlarged picture to become blurry or blended, because the program is “guessing” what should actually be there. You want to try to have your image be at about 100 DPI after it has been resized. At this size it still has good detail and it will not look fuzzy.
A tip for anyone is to create your image file in vector format. This will allow you to boost the size with less quality loss, due to the fact vector files use lines instead of dots.
If all you have is a low resolution file, we can convert most images to vector so you can contact us, and submit your art work for us to give you a quote on converting it to vector so that you can get your sign or banner produced.
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