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Nick McCamy

9 Years Ago

Limitations In The File Upload Size

I'm diving into the world of Gigapixel photography, but find that FAA has a maximum file upload size of 25 MB. I have the free account, so perhaps this is why the file size is limited.

If I upgrade, what is the maximum file upload size? If it remains 25 MB, how do I get around this limitation?

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Mark Andrew Thomas

9 Years Ago

Doesn't matter whether it's free or not, 25MB is the limit for everyone. Although I've uploaded as big as 29 MB successfully. I upload in png format as it is a lossless format but has larger file sizes. If I have a panorama or something like that then I upload in jpg format to get in under the limit.

 

Nick McCamy

9 Years Ago

Thanks Mark. I thought this might be the case.

 

Rich Franco

9 Years Ago

Nick,

You could still sell your prints and then fulfill them yourself, on another site,that allows/accepts large files,tiff's etc. You might even contact the printer here that does FAA work and ask if you sell a large Pano, if you can individually upload to them the larger file. I'm sure that the printer accepts large files from others than FAA artists............

Rich

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

it will always be 25. if your creating huge images (which you don't need too because the limit is 6200px for a rectangle 72") you'll have to dumb down the compression. there are times when the qualifier fails, but usually it cuts you off.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

 

Abbie Shores

9 Years Ago


Yes allow a maximum of 25mb uploads per image and If the file is larger than that you will, unfortunately have to shrink of slightly compress the images

We print at 100dpi up so that makes your math easy. 1000 pixels at 100ppi would be 10"

You may compress safely down to 10-11 before losing any quality on the print

 

Alexis Birkill

9 Years Ago

I had difficulty getting anything to upload that was larger than 25,000 pixels on the longest edge too, although that's not too big a deal -- 25,000 pixels at 108 inches is 231ppi, which is OK, although I'd prefer to be able to reach 300ppi.

 

Rudi Prott

9 Years Ago

300 ppi does not make any sense. FAA prints 100 ppi and they do not offer house wall printing.

 

Heather Applegate

9 Years Ago

Adding that if you have a pano that is sized something ridiculous like 30000px on the long side, just resize the image to the longest FAA can print (a 108 inch print), no need for it to be any bigger here at least. Then drop the quality to 10 or 11 and that should get you under the 25mb mark.

There is zero reason to upload a 25000px image here.
If someone needs it for a wall wrap or something, send it to them via dropbox.

 

Bradford Martin

9 Years Ago


"300 ppi does not make any sense. FAA prints 100 ppi and they do not offer house wall printing."

Who ever said they would not print at 300 DPI? I always understood that it would only print at 100 DPI if there were not enough to print at a higher amount. Alexis usually knows what he is talking about.

 

Nancy Ingersoll

9 Years Ago

Standard printing is 300 dpi, I don't see why they would reduce the quality of my work to print it at 100 if the file supports 300 dpt. Where does this 100 dpi info come from @Rudi Prott?

 

Rich Franco

9 Years Ago

Bradford,

I'll second that thought!

Rich

 

Nancy Ingersoll

9 Years Ago

I have also been concerned about vector art being printed from a jpg, but assumed they knew what they were talking about. I just think that it is odd that a fine art manufacturer wants a jpg for my art and the local newspaper won't take a jpg for my advertisements because they want pdfs to maintain the integrity of my vector art.

 

Rich Franco

9 Years Ago

Nancy,

As mentioned above, IF you sell an image and it's larger than what you have available as a 300 DPI file, they will print it out larger at a smaller DPI. They will go as far as 100 DPI for really large prints. I sold a 4' x 6' print from a 1Ds and @ 300 DPI it never would have been printed!

I'm being a bit sloppy with the facts here, but you get the jist of the story,

Rich

 

Rudi Prott

9 Years Ago

@ Bradford and Nancy

I did read in hundreds of threads that it is 100 dpi and repeated. Are they all wrong ?

Abbie ?

BTW You upload pixels and not dpi. So You have to go down with pixels or/and quality till it works.

 

Alexis Birkill

9 Years Ago

Rudi: 100ppi is the minimum accepted value, not a target or maximum value. Like any printing company, FAA's printers will print files up to the native resolution of the equipment in use, which for inkjet printers typically works out to be somewhere between 240dpi and 360dpi. While the limit that the human eye can resolve in imagery is theoretically around 500 dots per inch, typically a target of 300 dots per inch is considered about as good as necessary for a high-end gallery-quality fine art print.

FAA will print a file up to a size which works out to 100ppi, provided it's sharp and noise-free. However, a file printed at a size that works out to 300ppi will have up to nine times the amount of detail per square inch. If I have a large panoramic image, you can bet that I'm going to make sure that the customer gets that extra detail if I possibly can, rather than scale it down to the bare minimum. I often describe the extra resolution to my customers as the difference between looking at a TV and looking out of the window.

Heather: Try printing one of your own pieces at 100ppi and 300ppi (any size), and see how much clearer the 300ppi image is. That's the reason.

 

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