How to make panels in Photoshop

[Texas_Signmaker]

This is probably a basic question, but I have a 16'x40' wall wrap that I need to break up into 48" vertical panels. I know how to do it in Flexi but I can't export something that large without it maxing out and reducing the resolution. So how would I do this in Photoshop? My skills are very limited in photoshop.

 

[Notarealsignguy]

I would crop it, save that, ctrl Z, crop the next one, save panel 2 ctrl Z and keep going. There is probably a better way but that should work

 

[mim]

I did a big wrap in Photoshop at 1/4 scale 300dpi, saved each panel separately and blew it up to full scale in Onyx. I can't remember if I saved it as a TIFF or a PDF, but it would have been one or the other. The resolution wasn't perfect on the print but it worked and looked nice.
*I did not do the wrapping, just the file prep, for the record

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Thanks... my problem is when I imported into Flexi it said the image was too big and I had to lower it ... but I figured out I can just open the PSD straight in Flexi and it didn't give me that error.

and thanks for the ctl Z thing.. that is making it go faster

 

[Notarealsignguy]

I did a big wrap in Photoshop at 1/4 scale 300dpi, saved each panel separately and blew it up to full scale in Onyx. I can't remember if I saved it as a TIFF or a PDF, but it would have been one or the other. The resolution wasn't perfect on the print but it worked and looked nice.
*I did not do the wrapping, just the file prep, for the record

Looks like Texassignmaker lettered the doors

 

[Gino]

Some more....... bow chicka wow wow.

 

[Boudica]

I would crop it, save that, ctrl Z, crop the next one, save panel 2 ctrl Z and keep going. There is probably a better way but that should work

Sounds pretty much like what I would do.

 

[Notarealsignguy]

Sounds pretty much like what I would do.

this way you can save your tiles in case you need to reprint and not have to guess at whatever settings you used in the RIP

 

[ikarasu]

Do you have illustrator as well?

We just make a artboard 48" x xx height... Create new artboards and save as PDF. Then it auto breaks them up. Takes seconds and you're using math for placement so it's exact

 

[Bobby H]

I'll usually make things like wall wraps or window wraps at the target full size in Photoshop. Then, via Adobe Illustrator, I'll paste any sets of AICB vector paths I need into the Paths Palette within Photoshop. That can include panel boundaries with the desired amount of overlap. If I need to generate stand-alone TIFF images of each panel I can use the desired path to generate a selection and then copy/paste that portion of the layout into a new file to save as its own TIFF image. This approach is a little more labor intensive than bringing the entire PSD layout into Illustrator and applying a clipping mask so only a portion is visible. However, extracting individual panels within Photoshop and saving separate TIFF images will be a lot easier on the RIP.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

well, despite my laptop freezing up twice.. I got it done. I copied and pasted and used some math to figure it out.

 

[Boudica]

well, despite my laptop freezing up twice.. I got it done. I copied and pasted and used some math to figure it out.

Atta Boy!

 

[Notarealsignguy]

That math must have been tough

 

[Gino]

Wonder if he used pencil and paper ?? or all in his head ??

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

It was all the above...

 

[Gino]

So, ya used a calculator.

 

[Boudica]

So, ya used a calculator.

on his watch.

 

[Notarealsignguy]

on his watch.

only a boomer would get that

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

What's a watch?

 

[Boudica]

Right. what was I thinking?