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How to turn picture into large printable poster?

Can I copy a picture off of the internet (sports picture), save it on disk and have printed on poster?

  • If I save the picture on disk and go to a copy place like Kinkos or Target, will the poster turn out decent? Also, is there any copyright issues that would prevent them from letting me print it out?

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    Internet pictures are at 72dpi (most often) which means that is you attempt to blow it up bigger than the size that it is on the computer, it will be really pix-elated and look kind of crappy. copyright issues would only pertain to you if you were to make a poster and then try and sell it, basically anything that would result in you making money.

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I won't address copyright issues since the picture your talking about is prob low-res and print about the size of a postage stamp.

youngboy1606

You really need to get the author's permission to reprint, it is a copyright situation...

Devil Dog

Depends... if it's for your own use it can probably be done... However blowing up a small photo can cause it to pixelate and not look very good.

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Probably not. Unless the pic from the net is in a super high resolution which is not likely it will be badly distorted when blown up to poster size. The larger and or higher the resolution of a photo, the better it will turn out when enlarged. It might be possible for someone who does professional photography or graphics to do though.

tantrum42069

Questionable at best. There might be copyright issues. You would have to directly ask the owner of the site/picture. You can save the picture in most cases to your computer. But as indicated above. You might run across copyright issues. finally. As far as print quality bringing the stuff into stores. That all depends on the quality of the picture you're bringing in.

James W

If it's for personal use, I don't see why you can't give it a try. Although it will probably cost a lot to get it printed out. You're probably better off searching to see if there is something similar, or maybe exactly like, already out there for you. Unless it's very unique. But usually if you look hard enough you can find something, and it will be a lot cheaper. There is a big demand for sports pictures. And if its an athlete that's popular, the image might be officially licensed and sold in high quality form.

jazzdrive2

first the pic you save off the web is only 72dpi that is bad printing quality, blowing it up will look worse, nobody will print the pic because of copyright, kinkos will say no because of copyright but they wont tell you to go print it yourself..

megasparks0101

yes you can . you copy it to word pad the drag it on your disk then you go to kinkos or were ever .

♥11 dogs♥

Well unless the pic has a very high resolution, the poster will be grainy and blurry. The pics are copyright whoever posted them, but I don't think its a problem if you wanna just print a poster

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