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Largest still you can pull from 5K

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Ryan Lalonde

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Hey guys,

A couple questions about shooting stills on the epic...

I want to pull some stills from previous 5K footage I've shot and blow them up into prints. Film/Video is my career and stills has always only been a hobby so I tend to get lost pretty fast in that world.


What is the largest still I could realistically pull from the 5K motion? (assuming it's well exposed and a good shutter speed)

When I find a place to print something large, what type of file and whats specs should I deliver? (Tiff ? 300 DPI?)

It looks like about 30cm x 30cm (1ftx1ft) is the max poking around the internet.

Obviously viewing distance factors into it, I'm thinking art gallery type setting.

Thanks!

(access to Photoshop, Lightroom, Resolve and of course Red Cine Pro)
 
Ryan,

you can pull the R3D or TIFF, as large as the original acquired material, meaning that if you shot in 5k mode it will be 5120 x 2700, and so on.

Them DPI requirements vary a lot, I have printed as low as 100 DPI (Dot per Inch) to as high as 9800 DPI, truth is that its a gimmick for most Printers companies, as you would not tell much of a difference to a 300 DPI print, however in Large Format printing as I do, the difference can be seen, but again, depend s on printer used, on material you print on, and size of print, vs the distance from were the image will be viewed.


I have been printing EPIC frame grabs from 8x10 to as big as 6', and now for the gallery part of our Movie, we'll be printing HUGE Mega Poster size Prints, with a very low count DPI as this will be viewed form far, similar to the giant BillBoards.


What you need s good calibration, good printer, good quality paper or canvas or Rogue to print on and that is it, test and experiment for your self to see which size and DPI pleases you the most accordingly to viewing distance and quality of color rendition desired.
 
Ryan Lalonde said:
When I find a place to print something large, what type of file and whats specs should I deliver? (Tiff ? 300 DPI?)
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You should always ask the print house for their requirements so your images can go through the pipeline without modificaiton. In regards to color management, you should ask their prepress department to supply you with a custom ICC profile for the printer being used (f they don't have one, go somewhere else). You can load that profile into your soft proof setup in Photoshop to get a good idea what the print will look like (provided your monitor is properly calibrated) and make any adjustments. You can then convert the images to the printer's color space or let the lab do the conversion (as long as you've embedded your workspace profile into the image).
 
Thanks guys!

I'm thinking HUGE like 4' x 8' in a gallery type setting.... I'm hoping this is possible!
 
Ryan Lalonde said:
Thanks guys!

I'm thinking HUGE like 4' x 8' in a gallery type setting.... I'm hoping this is possible!
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Take your image into Photoshop, increase/resample Image Size to 4x8', crop a small section and print it at 100% on a small scale like 10x20" to see if you like the results. Your viewing distance is critical - 20' away is a bit more forgiving than 3'. Place your test crop at the intended viewing distance and make your own judgement. In a gallery setting where folks come up nose close to the print my guess is that you might not be impressed with the result. On a billboard - great!
 
If you have to enlarge beyond what was captured, double the capture size is what I find to be the limit. With good post processing (sharpening and resizing algorithm) you hit what I consider the limit. Anything beyond that and you start to see artifacts and lose detail.
 
I have printed 48" x 24" canvas giclees from 5K Epic frame grabs of footage shot by Jarred ... one of which is hanging in his office. The file was "developed" in RCX Pro using RC3 and RG3 using Jim's favorite "recipe" and exported as a .Tiff. The .Tiff was re-sized for final print output at 300 dpi in Perfect Resize and printed on BC Lyve archival canvas on a Canon ipf8300 fine art printer. The result is definitely "gallery quality."

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I know of one high st store here (London) who has recently run 48 sheet billboards from Epic stills. They looked fantastic. A1 'bus stop size' posters (72dpi) look as good as my Canon 1DSmk3/Canon 5D does at 72dpi the same size.
 
Josh Beadle said:
Take your image into Photoshop, increase/resample Image Size to 4x8', crop a small section and print it at 100% on a small scale like 10x20" to see if you like the results. Your viewing distance is critical - 20' away is a bit more forgiving than 3'. Place your test crop at the intended viewing distance and make your own judgement. In a gallery setting where folks come up nose close to the print my guess is that you might not be impressed with the result. On a billboard - great!
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great idea. thanks!
 
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