

The file needs to be scaled to allow at least a 3/4" margin. Set the paper size and orientation as desired. Select Image and Paper Format Launch PosteRazor and click the folder icon to load your "Input image". (PIC 2-6) On Mac, double-click to mount the DMG file and drag the PosteRazor application to your applications folder. Download and Install Go to, click on the "Download" button, and choose a version you would like to download. On Windows you will need to download and install a free PDF viewer like Adobe’s Reader: /reader/ 3. On Mac, you will use the "Preview" application located in your "Applications" directory. Get a PDF Viewer You will need an application that can view and print PDFs. Click on an interesting image to see it's size.Ģ.Set the image size to at least "Larger than 1024 x 768".Go to Google's Advanced Image Search tool.

(PIC 2-2, PIC 2-3, PIC 2-4) If you want to search the internet for an image, an easy way to find images that are large enough is to use Google's images search tool: All produced large posters with great image quality. The larger the final poster (number of panels), the larger the image should be.įor example, here are three posters that used images ranging from 1 MB up to 4.8 MB.The larger the image size, the better the outcome.We recommend using images that are 1 MB or larger.The file format can be JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TIFF, and many more.Here's some guidelines to help you select an image: We’ve been able to produce some highly detailed posters using this tool. The input image can be as large as desired. Select Image PosteRazor is a free Macintosh, Windows, and Linux application that is the best option if your goal is to generate a poster at the highest quality possible. We covered 4 free applications that do this nicely on our website: Generate a Panel Poster File Using PosteRazor Generate a Panel Poster File Using Block Posters Generate a Panel Poster File Using Rasterbator Generate a Panel Poster File Using Rasterbator Standalone Our preference is PosteRazor since it has the ability to create huge, detailed posters using large image sizes. No need to install.To make a file for a Panel Poster, we need to pass an image through an application that will enlarge and dice it up across multiple pages contained in a single PDF document. Just download the binaries, change the permission to executable and run it. You can also get it through the package manager for other versions of Linux (when your distributions make it available). The final version of Fotowall 1.0 comes with pre-built binaries for Linux and Windows tested in Ubuntu and Windows 10 respectively. It also provides support for Traditional Chinese TranslationĬheck out a full list of the changes here.This is available for Ubuntu users who have WebCams. With this feature, users with WebCams can create live effects with multi-views. This feature accepts plain text files as input whereby it will create a word collage using the text file. You can also export as a poster using PosteRazor or as a SVG file. It can now export high-quality PDF output for easy printing. As an opensource program, the source code is also available for those who are interested.

This review of Fotowall 0.9 will help you understand its features and capabilities:įotowall 1.0 ‘RETRO’ is available for both Linux and Windows. You don’t have to fiddle through a number of options just to add some text on a photo. The recent version of Fotowall supports text and Internet content integration.įotowall may not be one of the best photo applications for Linux like Gimp, but it does simple tasks in an easier way.

It can also be used to print very big posters using a small printer. With Fotowall you can create wallpapers, collage, covers, postcards and original pictures. You can use it to arrange your photos, add text and live videos from your webcam as well as pictures from the Internet. Fotowall, an open source photo software for creating pictures and custom posters, has released a new version.Īccording to the release information, Fotowall 1.0 ‘RETRO’ “is the final release for Fotowall after more than a million downloads (even excluding the installs through Linux distros) and after having revolutionized the direct-manipulation graphic-composition when it came out in 2007, it’s time for the last stretch of glory.”įotowall 1.0 is a simple software used to create pictures using the various creative tools that it offers.
