Lifeposter with IrfanView
Posted by creining | Filed under Photography
About a year ago the instructions on how to make a lifeposter made the internet rounds. I thought it was a neat idea although I didn’t have access to a Mac or iPhoto for that matter. Soon after instructions also appeared on how to use Photoshop CS to do the same thing. I don’t have Photoshop CS either but I do have access to a Windows machine. I came across bits of instructions on how to use IrfanView to create a lifeposter so I decided to download it and try it out (the catalyst was that I received a free 16×20 print from shutterfly). Below are the steps I took to create my 16×20 print, I’ll also include how one should be able to create a 20×30 print.
16×20 print, 7 pictures x 12 pictures, 84 total pictures
0. select 84 cool pictures
1. open IrfanView Thumbnails
2. Browse to your images and select all
3. Select Options->sort thumbs->no sort
4. Select File->Create contactsheet from selected thumbs
4. Adjust image size to 3200 px by 4000 px, 12 rows 7 columns, margins 35 px, spacing 17 px, uncheck create file infos, optionally change sheet color
5. Select Image->Information and Set DPI to 200×200
20×30 print, 7 pictures x 14 pictures, 98 total pictures
0. select 98 cool pictures
1. open IrfanView Thumbnails
2. Browse to your images and select all
3. Select Options->sort thumbs->no sort
3. Select File->Create contactsheet from selected thumbs
4. Adjust image size to 4000 px by 6000 px, 14 rows 7 columns, margins 35 px, spacing 17 px, uncheck create file infos, optionally change sheet color
5. Select Image->Information and Set DPI to 200×200
Save the created image to your disk and send it off to your favorite print maker. I should be getting mine soon. If it turns out good I’ll go ahead and make another one. I want to set the sheet color to black next time as I think it would make the pictures look really sharp.
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