Best resolution for a still from movie

emmrecs wrote on 7/27/2023, 6:25 AM

@1940

The highest resolution you can get by taking still frame images from your video is the resolution of your video! Any upscaling needs to be done in an external "editor". (There are various programs that will do this, with different levels of "success" or "quality". My current favourite for this work is Topaz Labs Gigapixel AI, but it isn't cheap!)

HTH

Jeff
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AAProds wrote on 7/27/2023, 7:37 AM

@1940

In Movie Studio, it's 7680x4620. Export movie>Single Frame as JPEG or BMP, PNG

VPX may have a higher resolution.

As Jeff says, there'd be a fair amount of upscaling going on so whether the quality would be the best would be arguable.

johnebaker wrote on 7/27/2023, 7:47 AM

@1940

Hi Oz

. . . . I want to take some single frames from it at the highest resolution I can get for printing. . . .

Looking at his from a different perspective, how big a print are you aiming for?

I have exported at 3840 x 2160 px and had these professionally printed up to 24" x 18" x 3/4" (600 x 400 x 18 mm), cropped at the printing stage, on canvas (wrap around) with no loss of quality, .

John EB

Former user wrote on 7/27/2023, 11:52 AM

Just to throw my penny in & ignoring any upscaling loss MMS will do 9600x5400

Former user wrote on 7/27/2023, 12:11 PM

Hi, just spoke to a friend of mine who owns a big printing company, I asked which resolution he would want if it was to be upscaled to poster size, "300dpi & we prefer to do the upscaling" was his reply, I asked what size ie length/width, he said "bigger the better" 🤦‍♂️😂🤷‍♂️ He then said he prefers the pic as pdf, raw (I've never really played with pdfs for photos) because jpg, png.. can be hard to upscale, 'text & the image don't always upscale correctly in jpg, png.."

Just sharing..

1940 wrote on 7/27/2023, 5:07 PM

Many thanks guys.

I need to print to a 2000x880 pull up banner and my regular images from PS, Corel Paint Pro or Corel Draw are via PDF, 300dpi.

I see the 9k option so will give it a shot later today.

Great help, thanks again.

SP. wrote on 7/27/2023, 6:05 PM

The necessary resolution definitely depends on whether the image can be seen from near or far. If you would place your image on a very large advertisement billboard it could be enough to use 50 dpi or even 20 dpi because you would only see it from far away.

If you stand right in front of such billboards you can easily see the individual dots.

AAProds wrote on 7/27/2023, 8:35 PM

@1940

I see the 9k option so will give it a shot later today.

In MMS 2023, I did try 9600x5400 just for stamps and for both BMP and JPEG I got a black frame. For the largest preset, 7680x4320, I got a proper image.

1940 wrote on 7/27/2023, 8:48 PM

Ah haaa. Will see if that happens to me too.

Former user wrote on 7/27/2023, 9:10 PM

I see the 9k option so will give it a shot later today.

In MMS 2023, I did try 9600x5400 just for stamps and for both BMP and JPEG I got a black frame. For the largest preset, 7680x4320, I got a proper image.

@AAProds Yep I get that with jpg, I was using png for 9600x5400

johnebaker wrote on 7/30/2023, 2:43 AM

@1940, @Former user

Hi

. . . . "we prefer to do the upscaling" . . . .

This is the best piece of advice I have heard from a commercial printer and I would let them do the upscaling if necessary.

. . . . 300dpi . . . .

And this, IMHO is the most confusing, they really mean PPI - the number of pixels per inch (vertically and horizontally) in a digital image

DPI has is meaningless when referring to digital image resolution - it is a printer resolution ie the number of ink drops per inch which are applied to the print medium ie paper, canvas, wet/dry transfers etc.

John EB

AAProds wrote on 7/30/2023, 3:15 AM

@johnebaker

Arrrggghhhh! Canoscan!!

😀😀😀

johnebaker wrote on 7/30/2023, 3:29 AM

@AAProds

HI Al

. . . . Arrrrgh . . . .

😂😂😂 I rest my case re confusing units.

That should, in theory, give you a 1054 x 1072 pixel image which, when printed at 300 ppi, would give a 89.2 x 90.8 mm image on paper

John EB