Dear all sifus,

I wanna design signboard for my company. Low budget so design i need to do it by myself.

Wanna ask, if 20ft x 4ft signboard, which size should I put?

Full size : Width (20x12") x Height (4x12") = 240inch x 48inch
Resolution 100pixels/inch or 300?
Color Mode: CMYK 8bit or 16 bit?

If put full HD, 300 dpi, 16bit, the file is damn big. Is it normal?

This post has been edited by ck23: Jan 11 2014, 04:47 PM

usually ppl won't do the design in full size. u can reduce it's size by half or 4x of the original. when u print, tell the printer what's the actual size and he'll blow it up.

pixel per inch put 300. the higher the pixel per inch, the sharper it'll remain after blow up.

for print is always CMYK. bit doesn't matters

OR READ THIS

This post has been edited by Naota-kun: Jan 11 2014, 04:54 PM

thanks for useful info.

I always save my artwork in JPEG and send to printing company.

Should I follow the article, by saving in PDF?

you should ask from your printer first, ask them for file settings and the files format that they prefer.

I usually send in pdf file or tif. 150DPI will do fine for some printers but then again, ask first.

i usually send in JPEG

There's compression in jpg. Use a lossless format ie. .tif

Ok. I'll. thanks.

one more thing u need to beware, colour in your computer maybe will not same with printing company, so make sure you check at the company before print~

i know. i kena before. the yellow is light yellow. but printed out is damn hard yellow.

so i already printed twice and know which yellow is the yellow colour i want.

and black~ we saw that is black but actually is not 100% black, when u go print it~ damn it~

ITS GREY~~ hahahahaha

use CMYK format, dont use RGB.

ya~ that time i dunno~ end up is grey on my business card~ =.=
then they told me whats happened~ lol
XD

Photoshop won't be optimal for this. You should use Illustrator.

Saving in PDF will help helpful for printers.