Provided you wish to jazz up a drab wall in your living extension, bedroom or dorm, a colossal wall poster provides a artistic means to bring about it. And provided you demand to effect something indeed impressive, you can assemble your own poster based on a favourite photo. With the lift of Photoshop, the measure is in truth entirely easy.
Instructions
1. Decide on the broadness and heighth of the poster you appetite. To cook up this determination, deliberate the magnitude of the amplitude and its furnishings. You Testament hope for the poster to be no larger than the largest plenty of furniture in the space, exclusively provided the margin is small.
2. Load the image you want to use into your computer from your digital camera. If you only have a print copy, scan it in using the highest quality settings in your scanner software.
4. Select the "Rectangular Marquee" tool. In the "Options" at the top, type in the width and height of the poster you want. Now draw that selection on the screen where you want it.
3. Open Photoshop, select "File" and click "Open." Browse to find the file you want and open it. Go to "Image" and click "Image Size." In the dialogue box, change "Interpolation" mode to "Bicubic Smoother." Then change the height and width sizes so that both at least equal the dimensions you chose for the final size of the poster. Click "OK." Unless the proportions of your original image and the new one just happen to match, you'll probably have to do some cropping. Go to "Image" and click "Crop."
5. Save your image as a high-resolution JPEG, burn it to a CD and take it to a native printer like Staples or Kinkos (FedEx Office) that does large-scale printing. Staples and Kinkos can print posters up to 24 by 36 inches. If you want a larger poster (up to 40 by 60 inches) you can try sending your image to an online service like Large Format Posters.com.
