I have a poster frame from IKEA that's 70cm x 100cm which is like some odd 27 ½ " x 39 ¼ ". Any suggestions on best place locally (preferable) to get a photo enlarged to this size?

I checked sams, costco, walgreens, cvs, etc etc. They all only go up to either 20x30 or 24x36. Thanks!

5/5/2011 10:02:37 AM

FedEx Kinkos

5/5/2011 10:52:38 AM

isn't 24x36 standard poster size?

5/5/2011 12:44:48 PM

FedEx/Kinkos.

5/5/2011 1:14:37 PM

I have been looking at using http://www.posterburner.com/

It is in VA so not really that local

5/5/2011 2:06:00 PM

you could do 24x36 and put a colorful border or maybe a design

5/5/2011 2:53:26 PM

FedEx Kinkos

5/5/2011 2:55:46 PM

http://www.adorama.com

5/5/2011 4:26:45 PM

Better be a very high resolution image or it's going to look pretty bad blown up that big.

5/5/2011 4:34:11 PM

I do not know of a local place, but I have used this site a number of times and the results have always been fantastic: http://www.bigphotohelp.com/

5/5/2011 4:53:32 PM

http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/ ?

5/5/2011 4:56:04 PM

Staples does large image posters. They have made some good one for me when I give talks and poster sessions.

5/5/2011 4:56:46 PM

^^how did you find hogwarts?

5/5/2011 5:45:42 PM

5/5/2011 7:40:57 PM

thanks for all the links! i'm going to call kinkos and staples today to see what they can do.
the photo is pretty high resolution 4000x3000....will that still look good?

5/6/2011 9:23:05 AM

You could just center it in the frame, against a backing.

5/6/2011 9:37:39 AM

yeah i guess i could do that or get a matte....but i was hoping to go to the edge of the poster frame to give it a clean modern look

is there a tool online where i can preview what the photo would look like enlarged to 24x36 or 27 ½ " x 39 ¼ ". because i don't know what the minimum resolution needs to be in order for it to still look good enlarged

5/6/2011 10:14:21 AM

^no, not really, you can crop the photo in photoshop to those dimensions, but until you actually get the print, you won't know if it will look good IMO. If you're going to a local print shop, you can walk in and see some of the prints they have displayed to gauge the quality of their equipment.

I've done some really large prints of my photography, and in general I've found it worthwhile to order 11x14 or 8x10 prints first to gauge quality. They usually only run $4-5, while some of my larger canvas print jobs have been over $100, so the investment isn't that bad, and I just give the proofs to friends as gifts.

5/10/2011 10:23:22 AM