Littlebear Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Don't know if it's the right topic, but I'm forwarding the question of a friend: So. I don't know is anyone can help me with this but I am trying to get myself a rather large sized picture of Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album cover. I was wondering if anyone know where (like do regular printing places do this sort of thing?) I could get something like this done? thx. Anyone knows? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Littlebear, I can't help you with the photo, but I did make your request be a thread of its own so it could be noticed by more people, and not get buried in a sort-of unreleated thread. Maybe some of the Chicago VCer's might know. Good luck! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAngerer09 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 You could try scanning your YHF cover and then printing it large at Kinkos or someplace like that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 That is what you will have to do - scan it - unless someone here has it and will share it with you. I doubt you will find a high resolution image file of the cover out there anywhere - but you could try Google, it no one has it here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 these are the biggest i could find on google (or related covers)... http://tisue.net/orourke/covers/yankeehotel.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1383/536302...de24103.jpg?v=0 http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/140817...3572346.jpg?v=0 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/176/4603477...6406307.jpg?v=0 http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1370/536418...1f2e9e6.jpg?v=0 http://blog.awpny.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/0000001.jpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAngerer09 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I'd say if you wanna print it big, scanning it into your computer at a high DPI will be a better bet than those links up there. Those would get pretty pixelated if you tried to make large prints with those files. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Littlebear Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 Thanks a lot for the new topic and your answers! I'll forward them to my friend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I am certainly no expert on printing, but you need a "plotter" that will print something in a large size. A good local printer will have one and can probably blow up a photograph without it becoming pixelated if they know what they are doing. You have to blow up the print in the correct type of file (of course that info has escaped my poor tired brain.) Clearly this is done all the time for outdoor advertising so it is a common process, although it might be rather costly. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcroach Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 http://cgi.ebay.com/Wilco-Poster-Yankee-Ho...7QQcmdZViewItem Saw this on e-bay. 12"x24" promo poster. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G_willy Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I say you plan a trip to Chicago and take the picture yourself... that would be cool Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigshoulders Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 When setting up the scan, you'll want to make sure that the scanner knows the source of the image is a half-tone. The resulting scan will look better if you do that. You may also want to put a black piece of paper, (we used exposed X-ray film at Duke) directly behind the cover, so that there is no bleed-through of the words (or whatever) that is printed on the reverse of the cover image you are scanning. Kevin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isadorah Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 If you scan the cover, make sure you scan it at at least 150 dpi at whatever size you plan on printing at (ie 24" x 24" @ 150 dpi). You will also get a moire pattern when you scan it. Those are the dots from the original printing. You can blend these in Photoshop so it will look like an image and not a series of dots. To do that, open the file, select the filter menu, noise, median. You'll get a dialogue box that has a slider on the bottom and a preview. You don't want to go more than 2 pixels or the scan will start to get blurry. If you still see some dots after doing this: Filter, gausian blur, no more than 2 pixels. Try to save the file as a tiff. If you save it as a jpeg once, it is fine, if you save a jpeg over and over again, the image will pixellate out and look icky (a highly technical term). If you need more help, info, etc, PM me. -- also note, if you take the cd cover into kinkos or some other print shop to scan for you, they might not do it because it is copyrighted material. i'm not sure about the printing side of it, that might also be the case. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigshoulders Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 That's what I was trying to remember, the moire pattern. Some scanners can take care of this on the initial scan, though right? That's what I've done before...but then again my knowledge is dated. kevin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isadorah Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 That's what I was trying to remember, the moire pattern. Some scanners can take care of this on the initial scan, though right? That's what I've done before...but then again my knowledge is dated. kevin Some can, but Photoshop is far more powerful and built better to do this (as well as color adjustments and corrections). I always recommend to do a straight forward scan and then adjust as needed once you're in photoshop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
howdjadoo Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Some can, but Photoshop is far more powerful and built better to do this (as well as color adjustments and corrections). I always recommend to do a straight forward scan and then adjust as needed once you're in photoshop. duh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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