Iteration enlarged to 48×36

Over the next few weeks I will be showing you the process of creating an all-digital art print. We liked the Iteration piece, and noticed that you on the Web liked it too. So, I will be making a 48"x36" canvas.

At this point, I am working with uncompressed, multi-megabyte data files, and in my experience, even the world’s fastest computers feel like they slow down. (Now you know why it took a while to post.)

To convert a file that looks good on the Internet into a file that looks good as a large-scale print, you will not get satisfactory results if all you do is enlarge it. Compare right and left above. These are small cut-outs of the Iteration print, blown-up or enlarged. You need to look at these away from your computer, as if you were looking at an artwork on the wall. The cut-out on the right may look a little blurred.

The cut-out on the left has been digitally "sharpened." You might notice "halos", particularly in the red areas. If I were printing on paper, these artifacts would show up. However, my target medium is canvas, and the ink tends to "bleed". So, the "halos" should go away, and the final image should look sharper than it would have, if I had not compensated. We’ll see.

Tags ~ Grunge, Software
Subscribe ~ Save This Page ~ Make a comment ~ Trackback