Photoshop file too LARGE

[Signarama Grayslake]

I have a 60 x 36" photoshop file... with a 126kb picture in it that im blowing up to about 3/4 the size of the banner layout. And a few lines of text with layer styles on them. It saves at 2 gigs! Do you guys usually design in half scale when anything in photoshop is over 30" or so?

 

[showcase 66]

What is your dpi set at. We design our banners at a dpi of 150. Pretty much all of our large format is at 150. Smaller things like biz cards and those are done at 350.

 

[Signarama Grayslake]

That could be the problem its 300dpi. The other files i did that were over 30" had no problems at 300dpi being too large

 

[jfiscus]

Banners will print fine down to 125 dpi (that's what I design banners & digital prints over 2'x2' at anymore), the inkjets seem to do a great job of taking care of the rest.
Layer styles/effects take upa lot of space also; especially at high resolutions.

 

[threeputt]

Yep. Too high of rez. Cut it way back.

Wraps can be done at 80 dpi. But most of our stuff is run out at 150 dpi.

 

[MikePro]

i only use 300dpi if I plan on enlarging 2x-4x in the rip... 72-150dpi at full size

 

[oldgoatroper]

layers may also contribute to a large file size, especially if your dpi is high -- cuz then you don't just have one layer at high res...