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Mathematical Size Conversion
MagicToaster
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I'm working on a design project on Adobe Illustrator, but it exceedes the size limit that I can create a piece in. This in itself is not an issue as I can tell the print supplier to blow it up to XX%. However, I have no idea how to calculate the % that I'm supposed to increase it to.
The final piece must be 19 feet wide, and I'm designing it to 19 inches. What % should I print it to get the full size? If you can explain the logic behind this so I can do it myself in the future I will be eternally thankful! I'm terrible at understanding math... who knew that you had to do so much math in graphic design!
The final piece must be 19 feet wide, and I'm designing it to 19 inches. What % should I print it to get the full size? If you can explain the logic behind this so I can do it myself in the future I will be eternally thankful! I'm terrible at understanding math... who knew that you had to do so much math in graphic design!
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so:
19 feet/ 19 inches = x/100
as one foot is 12 inches, you get
19*12 inches / 19 inches = x/100
multiply both sides of the equation with 100
19*12*100 / 19 = x
x = 1200. So you'd need it blown to 1200%
In this specific case an easier way would have been to say that 1 inch in your design should be one foot in the result, so the project has to be made 12 times as big. That's also 1200%.