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Big Photo Enlargements

Need a photo enlarged to poster size?

We can do that too! Digital enlargement is the way to go for quick turn around and it is cost effective. We can do a photo enlargement from a slide, film negative or the actual photo. Digital photos of two megapixels and larger can also go up to poster size.

We recommend that you let us scan your photo, but if you do it yourself, remember that scanned photos should be 72-100 dpi in their final size. This is about 2-4 mb of uncompressed .tif per square foot of final size. If, for example, you are scanning a 4"x6" photo that will be 24"x36" on your poster, scan at 432 to 600 dpi.

Historic photos and postcards are stunning in poster size!

Retailers love the interest that pictures like this can create. Companies showing old pictures of their equipment or factory find that people stop at their trade show booth! And of course they are fun for events like weddings and anniversaries.

A word about digital photographs-

A typical 2 megapixel digital picture (1200x1600 pixels and about half a megabyte of jpg file size) should not be any larger than about 18x24". Higher megapixel digital pictures can go quite a bit larger, the rule of thumb is we like to see them at least 72 dpi in the actual size. Having said that, we can often rez the files up to have more pixels. To have an image that's 24x36 and 72 dpi, we need 1728x2592 pixels. If it's 1600x2400, you won't notice a difference, but if it's 200x300, it will be pixelated! Pictures of insufficient density are the biggest problem we face. We will give you a call if we don't think your picture will look good at the size you want.