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Making a poster, don't have illustrator, how do I make it so I don't have to have some ridiculously large canvas on photoshop to work with but the poster doesn't pixelate?

thnx, in a hurry in case you can't tell :/

About that hmmm, a friend once mentioned me smart objects, but I never really tried anything with them.

I don't think it's possible in PS, without using a canvas the actual size.

I think thats the problem, same with illy, you need to open a huge canvas.

Nah, with illy you can create the shapes you want to have, and later on increase their size without pixelating them. With PS they'll pixelate no matter what.

So any programs you guys would recommend to do digital art posters that need to print.

Illy. (:

Maybe google a bit.
Also, don't forget that, when you want to print something, you always have to use the CMYK colour set, instead of RGB. RGB, when printed, comes out in different colours then on the screen.

I made that misstake on a shirt I printed, lets just say it looks horrible and I wont do it ever again.

Either that or size your canvas as inches on PS and start working your ass off =/

Just curious. How big?

200 cm x 500 cm ish, not outrageous

How the hell is 16ft not outrageous?

Jesus. I don't even want to think about that.

Well, relative to the wall I want to put it on :]

.... A wallpaper?

If I were you, just start working directly on your wall lol.

With a computer? >.>

No skills in rl.

Keep in Mind using The pantone matching system for color choices too, to really avoid having a diff color come out when you print. Dunno how professional of a print you're doing but yea. 16 feet is serious, but that sounds awesome at the same time. Maybe you can break it up into sections, that way making it easier on Photoshop? Its just tough designing and not being able to see everything at once. just a thought though.