Photoshop canvas size

[sidd]

Hi,

for 3 X 5 feet banner.
how can i take document in photoshop.
canvas size and resolution.
Thank you,
Sidhu

[PrintDriver]

Call your printer.
You need to know how you are finishing the banner and how much bleed you need in order to set up your file correctly.
Also find out stitching safeties, what color profile you should be working in and what resolution they want at full size.
We here could only guess.

While Photoshop may not be ideal for a banner, you can use it.

[sidd]

Thank you but How can i take size.

3 inch X5 inch with 300 resolution will work ?

Thank you,
Sidhu

[PrintDriver]

Not so much.
first of all, 36" x 60" is a rather small banner. It fits on the artboard without having to resort to scale.

Second, you need to know what your bleeds are. You may need to be at 40" x 62" or 36.25" x 60.25" or anywhere in between depending on how this is being finished for hanging. If it's wrapping around something, the bleeds are even bigger.
DO NOT forget your bleeds.

You do not need to work in scale. Certainly not 1" = 1ft scale.
3"x5" @ 300 would only be 25ppi at final size.
If you are going to work in 1" = 1ft, you need to multiply your final resolution by 12.
And you need to ask your printer what the final resolution on a 3' x 5' banner needs to be.

Since it's so small, if I were printing this, I wouldn't recommend anything under 100ppi at final size. 150 would be better, but if you are using imagery, you may have a tough time finding something that big.

If you are using text, you really should hand off as a photoshop PDF
IF the printer will accept that format and knows how to keep the text vector.

If you are using PMS colors, ie for logos, you need to put those in as vector smart objects. Spot color control in Photoshop takes some pre-design thought.

It sounds like you haven't done this before. Any time you are approaching a new print process you really should call the printer and ask what you need to do, or download their spec sheet, before you even start working on the computer.

[Sketcher]

I agree that this is small enough to work in 100% scale. No need to scale down a 3ft x 5ft banner.

[sidd]

Thank you

[ravi11]

Hi @PrintDriver

I need to create a standee of height 6ft and width 3ft (which means 72 by 36 in inches) on 300 ppi resolution with a minimum .25 inch bleed. Then what canvas size I should keep in illustrator/coral to design it.

Please help!

[KitchWitch]

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[PrintDriver]

Call your printer.
You need more than canvas size and you shouldn't be doing a standee in Photoshop.
The photo yes, but not the production file.

[Virgo Nightingale]

Would you really need 300 ppi for that? Seems overkill, since it's probably not intended to be viewed so close. Contact the printer and find out what their suggested ppi is.

I agree with PD, you can certainly edit your photo in Photoshop, but you shouldn't create your production file in that program. There is no 'bleed' in PS, so your canvas size for the photo will have to include the bleed if you intend for it to extend off the edges. Add 1/2" to you measurements in your PS canvas to accommodate.