Hi guys
I am about to send off an image to have my first large canvas produced and I was wondering what is the best way to get my image to the right size and sharpening to get optimum results.
My image produced from my D700 is 2748 x 3664. What I need to do is resize it to 90 cm x 120 cm at 200 DPI The print company say "We print 200dpi and with Dye Sublimation that equates to 3200 dpi output ink jet equivalent on the substrate." (if that makes sense).
I have Lightroom 3.2, Photoshop CS4 and Photokit Sharpener installed.
Am I better off doing this in Lightroom or opening into Photoshop and resize and sharpen there? Appreciate the suggested steps (and what order) to maximise the quality of the canvas I will get back
Many thanks in advance
Phil
Interesting ... why are they using a "dye sub" process? While you can dye sub onto fabrics, I'm not aware of a process that can compete to direct inkjet printing onto canvas. In my previous company we did a lot of dye sub to fabric work and while the results were OK, certainly not to the level of direct inkjet printing to canvas.
That being said, I would export from LR at the indicated resolution, probably using the option of sharpening for matt paper at a standard amount. Odd resolution request, since most doing dye sub to fabric use Mimaki printers (which uses Epson heads) and inks such as Sawgrass to print to a transfer sheet that is then "dye sublimated" to the fabric, so you'd think a 360 dpi file would be better.
