Adobe Photoshop/Hoarding Board Design

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Expert: - 10/9/2011


Question
Hi,

I'd a project on going to design a hoarding with 14480mm by 2480mm. How do I do it in photoshop? As the file is too big to design and when I tried to design. My PC hanged. Is there anyway to make ratio in photoshop?

Thanks!

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Hello,

Generally these billboards are output at low resolution, 20 - 50 dpi. At 24 dpi a 14480 x 2480 canvas will only be about 92 mb in RGB color space.

If this is still unmanageable, you can make your canvas 7240 x 1240mm and tell your printer it is at 50% size.

Hope this helps,

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I am an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop 7 and can answer any questions dealing with images for print; resolution, color correction, color space, sharpening and retouching. I am a prepress technician for Best Printing Online and if you want to know how to prepare your image for offset reproduction, I can help.

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