Is there any way to add more than 100 pixel subdivisions or make the canvas bigger?

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September 15, 2021
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Hey guys, I'm wondering is there any way to add more than 100 subdivisions or make the canvas more than 300,000 by 300,000 pixels, I need to do it because i want to print really small text that won't be seen by the eye. I plan on using either a magnifying glass or a microscope depending on how small I need it, to read the small text. I know that Adobe made it this way so that people wouldn't break their Photoshop but when my Photoshop freezes its just takes a while to come on again. So I don't mind having the Photoshop machine work while I wait as long as I have the option to do this.

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D Fosse

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You need to make the text in vector, not raster!

A 300 000 x 300 000 pixel file is, well, completely off any map. And that's putting it in polite terms. 30 000 is already huge.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

»Amen« on the vector-recommendation!

So Indesign or Illustrator might deserve consideration for this.

And printing text that is too small to be seen with the naked eye – that might need some coordination with the print provider as it might not even be reliably proof-able anymore.

After all who hasn’t switched to digital proofing setups by now?

jane-e

Community Expert

@c.pfaffenbichler wrote:

»Amen« on the vector-recommendation!

So Indesign or Illustrator might deserve consideration for this.

If @defaultjc3ao3jpykcl decides to use Illustrator, here's the help page on how to use the new larger artboard:

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/large-sized-artwork.html

~ Jane

c.pfaffenbichler

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If I remember correctly a typical platesetter can have a resolution of about 2400dpi (in which case the »d« is actually correct).

So a solid line (100% of one of the printing colors) of about 0,0004" could be output but depending on the white space between two lines and the print process and substrate they might bleed or smear together in printing …

Edit: And that is, as mentioned, for vector data and 1bit images.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

I am not sure I understand what you want to achieve.

Please post screenshots or sketches to clarify.

You should consider that the possible smallness of the output text depends on the output device and that pixel images may be utterly unfit for what you want to achieve, as they would not utilize the full resolution but be subject to the halftone screen.

The alternative would be proper vector (and Illustrator or Indesign may be the better tools for the task) data or 1bit bitmap images (which would probably just aggravate the pixel dimensions issue).

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