What size and resolution should I use for Photoshop?

Question

What size and resolution should I use for Photoshop?

Answer 1

Probably 26"x39" at 300 dpi for the full sized professional poster.



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Answer 2

Hmmmm. There are a lot of sizes for movie posters, but they are most commonly found at 27 inches by 40 inches. And for photoshop, just set the poster to that scale with a high dots per inch, aka dpi (300 or higher. NOTE THIS DPI IS FOR PRINT ONLY, for Internet ones you'll only need 72 dpi, or else it will take way too long to load when the page it is on is opened). When you save make sure to save with a high quality print setting. If you are using pictures from the Internet, make sure to search for pictures with the highest amount of pixels available, or else when you scale it to the poster, it will show up pixelated. You seem to know a bit about Adobe Photoshop already, so what I've said already should cover everything you need to know right now. Oh, and never forget: always work in layers! Good luck with the poster :)

Answer 3

movie posters come out sharp because of photography! Photography has advanced over the years... that along with photoshop gets you nice movie posters. The Megapixels are crazy high nowadays.



But to answer your question since you are drawing it... Set your resolution to 300 pixels/inch. Now set your inches to anything you want and that's the size you want to paint/draw in. As you draw, remember to zoom in at 25%-100% to check the sharpness of your drawing. I generally like to have everything super sharp at 25% zoom.



example: for a 20 X 30 inch print

you would ideally be painting at 6000 X 9000 pixels.



the size also helps when you use custom brushes but this also depends on the size of your custom brushes...