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Halp: Need to fill blank space on wall

post #1 of 16
4/27/09 at 8:58pm
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So, I have a big blank space on my living room wall (right behind the TV & speakers.) I'm thinking of putting up an interesting looking large poster behind that takes up the majority of the space.

Here are a couple that pique my interest...

http://www.allposters.com/gallery.as.../getPoster.asp

http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Light-..._i4245579_.htm

Thoughts?? Any recommendations? I like this, but I don't know if I have the patience for it.

Danke!
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post #2 of 16
4/27/09 at 9:13pm
This might be the same thing as what you're talking about, but maybe not.
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post #3 of 16
4/28/09 at 10:34am
Don't you have a beer can collection?
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post #4 of 16
4/28/09 at 8:44pm
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This might be the same thing as what you're talking about, but maybe not.

thanks. for some reason I couldn't download the program. it's something I would at least try.

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Don't you have a beer can collection?

go on.....
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post #5 of 16
4/28/09 at 9:59pm
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thanks. for some reason I couldn't download the program. it's something I would at least try.



go on.....

Don't even bother.

The software itself is not a bad idea but the product is simply limited by most image sizes.

My one and only experiment was an image I printed on high quality photo paper meant for an HD background probably in the area of 2000x2000 pixels. I blew it up on about 6 sheets in total. It looked fine, but just that fine. Any more and it would look terrible. When I put it up it looked cool but dorm room scarface poster cool, it still looks amateur.

Unless you can get your hands on some images in the 10,000x10,000 or 20,000x20,000 and very high quality printer it won't be worth it. Go with the stuff professionally printed. You'll save TONS of time and probably money too.
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post #6 of 16
4/29/09 at 1:30am
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Don't even bother.

The software itself is not a bad idea but the product is simply limited by most image sizes.

My one and only experiment was an image I printed on high quality photo paper meant for an HD background probably in the area of 2000x2000 pixels. I blew it up on about 6 sheets in total. It looked fine, but just that fine. Any more and it would look terrible. When I put it up it looked cool but dorm room scarface poster cool, it still looks amateur.

Unless you can get your hands on some images in the 10,000x10,000 or 20,000x20,000 and very high quality printer it won't be worth it. Go with the stuff professionally printed. You'll save TONS of time and probably money too.

I think you missed the point of rasterbator

It is not supposed to give you a crystal clear print of a crappy photo (2000x2000 is a pretty low rez file...I would't print that on even a single piece of paper and expect it too look like a photo). It is supposed to give you a GIANT print of a photo that has been given a sort of halftone effect so instead of looking grainy when you get close, it has a bit more of an artistic vibe.

If you actually want to make large prints, you will need reasonable starting resolution and a copy of genuine fractals. Genuine fractals can't make up invisible detail that never existed but it does a pretty good job of filling in the cracks.
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post #7 of 16
4/29/09 at 11:16pm
IMO, those 2 pictures look...I dunno, kind of generic-fill-in-the-wall stuff. Nice to look at, but is it really you?

Instead of going 1 big piece, you can go with 3 or 4 black and white framed pictures of what is important to you. What do *you* like? Cool architecture? Nice cars? Hot women? Landscapes (mountain? beach? town? deserts?) Renaissance art?
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post #8 of 16
4/30/09 at 2:10am
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I think you missed the point of rasterbator

It is not supposed to give you a crystal clear print of a crappy photo (2000x2000 is a pretty low rez file...I would't print that on even a single piece of paper and expect it too look like a photo).

Seriously.

Likeitaloud, you should have gone bigger or bumped up the size of the halftoning dots
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post #9 of 16
4/30/09 at 2:27am
How about a large bison head? Or maybe a moose?
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post #10 of 16
4/30/09 at 3:47am
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I think you missed the point of rasterbator

It is not supposed to give you a crystal clear print of a crappy photo (2000x2000 is a pretty low rez file...I would't print that on even a single piece of paper and expect it too look like a photo). It is supposed to give you a GIANT print of a photo that has been given a sort of halftone effect so instead of looking grainy when you get close, it has a bit more of an artistic vibe.

If you actually want to make large prints, you will need reasonable starting resolution and a copy of genuine fractals. Genuine fractals can't make up invisible detail that never existed but it does a pretty good job of filling in the cracks.

It all comes down to this, I am yet to see something made with rasterbator that looks good.

The only impressive piece of work I've encountered was this:



And even if he did use rasterbator think of how big the original image must of been to stretch it to 9 sheets across and still look presentable.

I am not dismissing the possibility that something cool can come out of it but I don't think most people have the skills to do it.

As for now I think rasterbator will plague apartments of early 20-somethings with ironic and pretty bad looking posters.

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post #11 of 16
4/30/09 at 8:34pm
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How about a large bison head? Or maybe a moose?

hahaha, i read that as bison herd at first
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post #12 of 16
4/30/09 at 11:16pm
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It all comes down to this, I am yet to see something made with rasterbator that looks good.



Yep...that's the impression I got. I actually do have a super hi-rez image of the Downtown LA skyline that I'd want to use for something like that.

I also found this website that will print an image for your to your size....

(Not the image I'd use, but it's a good example...
link

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Originally Posted by wetnose
IMO, those 2 pictures look...I dunno, kind of generic-fill-in-the-wall stuff. Nice to look at, but is it really you?

Instead of going 1 big piece, you can go with 3 or 4 black and white framed pictures of what is important to you. What do *you* like? Cool architecture? Nice cars? Hot women? Landscapes (mountain? beach? town? deserts?) Renaissance art?

I get what you're saying, but I think I am kinda going for a generic-fill-in-the-wall thing. Besides, I genuinely like the two images I linked to. Especially the shot of the helicopter landing.



Thanks for all the feedback...I think I'm going to try and avoid DIY stuff as that has major potential to look shitty. I'll keep searching until something tickles my fancy.
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post #13 of 16
9/17/09 at 2:24am


What picture is this? I want to rasterbate it...

Also what settings do you guys use (dot size, etc) Thanks!
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post #14 of 16
9/17/09 at 9:38am
it's an old maxell ad
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post #15 of 16
11/16/09 at 4:27am
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Don't waste your time in putting big poster in vacant space maybe you can put some floating console instead of poster to look good and beautiful.

maybe he could put an affordable platform bed
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