[Bf-funboard] Re: render for print

[Sandra Gilbert]

I love the idea of render presets, I do alot of still images for print 
of greeting cards and various others things I do. And while I know how 
to do all the conversions to get what I want, presets would be so much 
easier. :)

dreamsgate

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>:: Render presets ::
>There are, i think, quite a few people using blender
>to export to print media. To make this easier, I would
>like to suggest adding a DPI preset to the render
>settings, with "cm" and "inches" available (with
>"pixels") in a "units" dropdown.
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>For example, if I wanted to render at A4 size (about
>21*30 cm), at 300 DPI, I would select "cm" from the
>menu, set "DPI" to 300, "x" to '21.0' and "y" to
>'29.7'. Then, on pressing F12, Blender would render an
>image of the appropriate size.
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>This could be extended to include various size
>presets, render to multilayered PSD or XCF with alpha,
>etc.
>
>Is this a good idea?
>
>Gwyn Perry (AKA Beatabix)
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>Message: 2
>From: "Roel Spruit" <Roel@spruitje.nl>
>To: <bf-funboard@blender.org>
>Subject: Re: [Bf-funboard] Render for print
>Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:44:42 +0200
>Reply-To: bf-funboard@blender.org
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>I discussed render presets with Ton yesterday. he agreed that it would be
>very handy to be able to add your own presets (as describes by @ndy at:
>http://www.blender.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=phpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=1
>662)
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>coincedentally.....I alread started coding it too. so you can all discuss
>this feature, and I'll implement it when you all agree :)
>
>Roel
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