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Title: high quality pictures from sketch up
Post by: Minime on March 09, 2008, 20:59:46: Hi could anyone tell me how I can get a very good picture of a model I did with sketch up.
It's required that my file 300dpi even if I don't know what that means.
::)
Title: Re: high quality pictures from sketch up
Post by: Shipaddict on March 09, 2008, 21:11:47: I don't know much, but people normally use a rendaring program I think :)
Title: Re: high quality pictures from sketch up
Post by: Captain Spencer on March 09, 2008, 21:53:51: Quote from: Minime on March 09, 2008, 20:59:46
Hi could anyone tell me how I can get a very good picture of a model I did with sketch up.
It's required that my file 300dpi even if I don't know what that means.
::)

Right, DPI is the (Dots per inch) and relates to the image quality overall. For instance, the image quality needed for the web is 72DPI. Usually 300dpi (and higher) is for print. It's basically a measure of the quality of a given image.

Hope that helps ;)
Title: Re: high quality pictures from sketch up
Post by: Agent|Austin on March 09, 2008, 22:26:03: Quote from: CaptainSpencer on March 09, 2008, 21:53:51
Right, DPI is the (Dots per inch) and relates to the image quality overall. For instance, the image quality needed for the web is 72DPI. Usually 300dpi (and higher) is for print. It's basically a measure of the quality of a given image.

Hope that helps ;)

You just taught me something new.
Title: Re: high quality pictures from sketch up
Post by: Minime on March 09, 2008, 22:42:10: It is for print, but how do I get it so high
This is the model
Title: Re: high quality pictures from sketch up
Post by: Captain Spencer on March 09, 2008, 22:53:01: Sorry I'm a little confused as to what you want to do? Do you want to render the image or am I missing something??
Title: Re: high quality pictures from sketch up
Post by: Minime on March 09, 2008, 22:54:55: Ã˜h ok how do I render the pic.
Title: Re: high quality pictures from sketch up
Post by: Captain Spencer on March 09, 2008, 23:19:46: Quote from: Minime on March 09, 2008, 22:54:55
Ã˜h ok how do I render the pic.

You will need a rendering program for that as Sketchup doesn't have that facility. Send the .skt file to me, or export it as an object. I'll see what I can do :)
Title: Re: high quality pictures from sketch up
Post by: Minime on March 10, 2008, 17:35:03: Would I get a higher dpi if I would use a better program than paint.
At the moment when I export a picture from sketch up it says that it's 96 dpi, need 300dpi.
Title: Re: high quality pictures from sketch up
Post by: Agent|Austin on March 10, 2008, 18:43:04: Quote from: Minime on March 10, 2008, 17:35:03
Would I get a higher dpi if I would use a better program than paint.
At the moment when I export a picture from sketch up it says that it's 96 dpi, need 300dpi.

For a free program look at paint.net or GIMP.

I have Photoshop CS3 but am not exactly sure what I would do with it for you. :-[