Image Sizes For All Products

The 20 x 24 should be 'minimum acceptable 2000 x 2400' NOT 2000 by 24000

Abbie,

I loaded one PNG for all of those. The size was 6000 x 4800. There were really no problems using that size on Duvet Covers, Shower Curtains or Bath Towels.

I just needed to adjust the image for the product setting I wanted. The client can do what they will.

Part of the reason there was no problem is that a PNG allows for the background color to be filled in seamlessly. The art I worked with was minimalistic. Over 200 of my images were not used because the composition filled the frame instead of being minimalistic.

True you can use PNG's which solves some product placement issues

Everyone, PNG images have the transparent background but obviously you cannot have transparency as a preview image so when you load it you must save that PNG for the top image (prints) to a JPG. On products it will be transparent.

Or you can edit a normal image and can then scroll down the page and customise the other products with your transparent image

To create a PNG you remove the background in your photo editor. You then EXPORT the image retaining transparency. You cannot do this on a mobile device.

"Or you can edit a normal image and can then scroll down the page and customise the other products with your transparent image"

I was not aware we could do this!!! I learn something new every day in the Discussions!

There you go :) Already helped at least one person!

Helped me too - I can never remember the product sizing.

Thank you, Abbie! This is helpful.

When I upload an image for the print sizes, does the software offer the sizes based on what can print, that will print, ok? Normally when I create images myself, I'll double-check at 100% for any issues. I'm still trying to figure out the software on FAA.

What happens with something as large as a duvet cover? There are files I upload that I do not think are as large as the 10176 by 8649. The mock-up generator places the image, and it often covers the full duvet when the bar is in the middle.

What happens if a customer uses the tool that allows them to make changes and stretches it out? Do you still print that?

Also, once everything is uploaded, how can we go back and double-check on things?

Is there any way to actually download the mock-up with the artwork on it?

Thanks!

Sue

If the image is not large enough to cover naturally, or nearly naturally, remove your mark-up and take it off sale. Customers then will not even see that product

No the site does not tell you what it is good for printing at, only what the size allows for. It only sees the size and not the actual quality. That is the artists responsibility, as it should be,

Abbie, please explain how to upload large digital files ( to meet the dimensions specified in the chart you provided a link earlier today). Really not understanding why these questions get deleted. I tried to set up hundreds of my photos several years ago and gave up due to unanswered questions. Why discourage artists that are trying to make the most of FAA? If you are going to delete this, please be courteous and post the instructions for everyone to see.

Thanks, Abbie,

The products that I have uploaded, look correct visually to me on the mock-up items

Since the customers can also alter the design, that's where I was a little concerned.

Thanks

Tim I have no idea what you are taking about. We have not deleted image size questions.

Here is more information on the FAQ located at the top of this forum

https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=5251790

Thank you for the FAQ link. I was wondering about dpi before I read it.

With requirements that large it sure would be nice to get more than 25MB per image...it's on my nightly prayer list. ;) I have to resize for FAA where on other sites I can load massive images....

Sharon Cummings I agree! Away - Abbie Shores - If I resize images larger than 25 MB in Macbook Preview, will they loose quality? My purpose in taking hi-res photos to begin with was to ensure that when printed in large sizes, the quality of the print would be the same as prints in smaller size.

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"Everyone, PNG images have the transparent background but obviously you cannot have transparency as a preview image so when you load it you must save that PNG for the top image (prints) to a JPG. On products it will be transparent."

You're just saying here that when you upload a PNG and choose an initial background color as you are made to do, the system then converts it into a JPG for prints, yes?

Yes

Still helping people to this day ,,thanks !,, love the site and this helps , easy to find thru the discussion search so there again, props on all the good work. ty

Can you please tell me how I input correct sizing. I’m assumed if you have certain sizing available for a print, that it will correctly print a quality print with those dimensions? I don’t understand how I am supposed to input the above specs.

I also would like to know how I can just mark up everything by a percentage in bulk on top of your base prices.

Very useful. Thank you!

Good to know

Newbie here. I apologize if this is answered somewhere in the thousands of forum posts....

It's pretty obvious that enlarging an image will make it blurry or blocky or both. But, if a large image is to be printed on, say, a mug, the image will have to be reduced in size, either by throwing away columns and rows (and preserving the exact colors of the remaining pixels) or by averaging several pixels into one pixel (or more advanced approaches like bicubic interpolation.) Either way, the reduced image is no longer strictly faithful to the original.

My art is digitally produced. I can recreate an image for any size, and for each size, every pixel is important. Averaging or interpolating will ruin it. So, using the table of appropriate dimensions for each medium (e.g, mugs 2790x1219), can I create images specific to each medium, and upload those, and somehow specify which image is to be used for which medium? And be assured that they will not be altered in any way including reducing (except for limitations in the printing process)?

(I'm guessing I could upload, say "image1_mug.jpg", and sell only mugs for that image, and upload "image1_pillow.jpg" and sell only pillows for that image and so on, and that might be just as easy....)

Bottom line, I don't want my images reduced.

Thanks, jmh

Yes, look on your image edit page next to that product

See customise

So edit image
Scroll down
Customise product by uploading a specific image

No, people can still customise before buying

But most don't

I have such a basic question. I create art on my ipad and upload PNG files. I believe they are small, but when I look at the products, they look great. Are you saying that even though they look good here, they will not print that way?

Im trying to work on all this. I upload an image and it automatically gets placed on many items. When I go to adjust something I can make larger or smaller move left and right but not up and down. some just don't look good. If you are placing the image on multiple items how do I load an image to look good on all? Do I upload different sizes for different products? I really am confused by all this. How do I make some look good on each thing if I cant fully adjust and save it? Hope this is making sense

Don't sell them. If the images are small on products, take those products off sale

Take out the markup. No 0 no space. Nothing in that area. It's then not sold.

So, in this thread, "Image Sizes For All Products", which is current, there's a great jpg listing the exact dimensions for the image area on all the various products. Then, on another thread, "Images - Sizes And Dimensions", which is closed, at the bottom there's a list of links to jpg's which demonstrate the exact dimensions for the image area on all the various products.

Except, they aren't quite the same list of products, and (more importantly) for the products that exist on both lists, they frequently show different dimensions.

For example, there's "Greeting Cards" on the first list, but not the second, and "Spiral Notebook" on the second list but not the first.

And, for example, there's the "Coffee Mug" which is 2790x1219 on the first list, and 2700x1120 on the second. If I produce an image to fit the first dimensions (2790x1219), it'll either be cropped or need to be reduced to fit if the second dimensions (2700x1120) are correct.

For some of the other products, one list will be larger in X than the other list but smaller in Y, so whichever list you go by, you risk cropping or reducing in one dimension or the other. Obviously, if you reduce in one dimension you really have to reduce in the other to maintain aspect ratio and not distort the image.

The only safe bet in either case is to assume dimensions that are the smaller of both X and Y, which may waste image area when it's printed.

I hate to be nit-picky, but...which list, or which specifications, is/are "authoritative"?

Justin

https://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=7163065

Pixel sizes are there

Thank you, Abbie. I think I now have product sizes well in hand.
Regarding wall art, I would like to produce the best product the printer can print. For example, for an 8x10 I normally generate an image that's 5760x7200, which is the best my printer can do at 720dpi (Epson Stylus Photo R3000). To generate an image that's the best that Fine Art's printer[s] can do, but no more than that, it's important to know the rated dpi of your printer[s], so I can use dimensions that will not require your printer[s] to reduce--or enlarge--the image to print it. For example, if your printers are rated at 360dpi, then the largest image I should generate for an 8x10 is 2880x3600--any larger would require reducing on your end to fit, which will alter the image.
The Fine Art America recommended minimum size image for an 8x10 print is only 2400x3000, which sort of implies a printer that's rated at 300dpi. If your printer is actually better than that, say 360dpi (not uncommon), you'd actually have to enlarge a 2400x3000 image to get it to fit right. Which is a no-no. If your printer is rated at 720dpi, then a 2400x3000 image would have to be enlarged a LOT, and would introduce a LOT of blurring.
I know in the FAQ it's stated that DPI and PPI mean nothing, and for photography (which is already an analog-to-digital approximation) that may be so. And for printing on textiles, it's hard to imagine that you could see a specific pixel, even with a jeweler's loupe. For my purposes, since I can generate the "same" image at any size, and you can in fact see one pixel (well, more or less--it's still inkjet, so there's some intrinsic overlap), it's important.
All of this is to ask, what are the ratings for your printer[s]?

We print from 100ppi

You upload the image sizes you have naturally and then price only the ones you wish to sell, leaving the other spaces blank (no zero, nothing)

We are printing from your meta.

An 8 x 10 would be 800 x 1000 pixels but the minimum you load should be 1000 pixels