Officeworks - A1 enlargement

[surenj]

Paid $26 for 'satin' which is a relatively matt surface.

Printed in the Canon printer (as opposed to the Kodak ) in one day. Colors came out pretty good (limited palette with blues and grays though) when compared to my basic calibrated setup. [No printer profiles used]

Very happy for hanging-around-the-house purposes. Professional results may vary..

No harm in giving a go I reckon.

[No I don't work for Officeworks]

[aim54x]

Sounds cheap enough to give a whirl...if only i had something to print, and not the temptation to print at work!

[surenj]

Just to give you an idea of size; this is a 20 inch monitor.

[aim54x]

Nice, the print looks good!

[!~DeViNe~DaRkNeSs~!]

What res and dpi was the original pic?
u just take it in on a usb stick?
I'm really hopeless and haven't printed anything in years its all just digital but that print looks sweet

[devilla101]

What paper are they using?

[surenj]

Divine,

my camera is 8MP. upscaled about 20% (in gradual increments) in PS. Saved as TIFF with ZIP compression. Used USB stick because their web interface is clunky to say the least. Also it's no joy uploading a 60Mb image.

Devilla, I have no idea about paper!

Service was very good as I turned up really odd times (8pm weekday) and when I went to pick the print, the people at the counter were really excited that the print came out well! One guy was yelling across the store telling me as such!

[Aussie Dave]

Nice one Surenj.
Looks like the print came out lighter than the version on your monitor.
Was that intentional ?

Also, for those looking to upscale images for enlarged printing, the formula I use when upscaling is:

(Required Length in inches) x (DPI being used) = Image length in pixels
(Required Height in inches) x (DPI being used) = image height in pixels

So, for a 30" x 20" print, being printed at 200DPI, you would need:

30 x 200 = 6000pixels (length)
20 x 200 = 4000pixels (height)

Thus, a native 3000 x 2000px NEF/JPEG would need to be upscaled to 6000 x 4000 for this 30" x 20" @ 200dpi

It is also usually fine to save as a JPEG (highest quality), but TIFF is also fine - it will just be a larger file size.

Cheers,
Dave

[surenj]

Looks like the print came out lighter than the version on your monitor.

It's because I didn't balance flash vs ambient properly in this image. If anything, the image on the monitor is slightly brighter than the print. [Although it's hard to directly compare the two ]

[Jenno]

Looks good Suren.
Trying to work out where the pic was taken
Are you going to frame it or mount?

[alexparker]

Sounds good.... thanks for your information, I just finding somewhere provide this service!

[biggerry]

Nioce Suren! and a fine image for printing!

Trying to work out where the pic was taken

hint, eastern burbs? south...

[chrisk]

surenj, the print looks like its 2 stops brighter than the monitor, is that just the angle we're viewing it at or is the shot actually considerabley darker ?

[surenj]

hint, eastern burbs? south...

Close but no cigar. North Coogee. Remember last year..? 0430am Dec 19th or something!

Are you going to frame it or mount?

I mounted it on foam board with photo tabs! I know it will warp but it's not for long term use anyways...just playing around. I don't have facilities for complex glue sort of projects...

is the shot actually considerabley darker

Probably 1/2 stop or so. The monitor always looks brighter anyways. The flash in this photo is too much. The photo is reflecting the back wall as well.

[ozimax]

Suren the print looks great, especially at that price. I normally pay around $60 for a similar size at my local my local pro photo place, so you've done well.