Completely covering my wall with a screenshot - Is it possible?

[StevenMara]

Well, I am thinking about covering 1-3 of my walls with 1 screeshot on each wall. So if I looked at my walls it would look like I was inside a level. I would probably use a Source game or UT2004. So how would I go about doing this? I don't want to paint it, because it would look like crap. Do I just print off a million sheets of paper and then piece them together?

Just as I was writing this I thought of something else - would it be all pixelized since it is going to be as big as my wall? My ceiling is 7 feet.

 

[GhettoFob]

Rasterbator

 

[xSauronx]

hire an artist to paint it...or take a super high res pic and have someone blow it up: both for an insane price so that you can live in a silly fantasy world of being inside a UT2k4 level.

 

[StevenMara]

Originally posted by: xSauronx
hire an artist to paint it...or take a super high res pic and have someone blow it up: both for an insane price so that you can live in a silly fantasy world of being inside a UT2k4 level.

It's not a fantasy world, since those aren't my favorite games. Now that you mention it, I maybe should try to do Halo 2. I just have plain white walls now. My older sister moved to college, so my little sisters are getting their rooms redone (they shared 1 room before, now they each get their own). So I was just thinking of how I could make my room more interesting.

 

[EvilYoda]

as someone's already said, rasterbate it.

 

[vshah]

can't wait for YAGT post: "My girlfriend doesn't like my walls!! repaint or break up?"





but yeah rasturbater should do it, but it will look kinda ******.

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: xSauronx
hire an artist to paint it...or take a super high res pic and have someone blow it up: both for an insane price so that you can live in a silly fantasy world of being inside a UT2k4 level.

so harsh. can't you be a little bit enthusiastic for his project?

 

[StevenMara]

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: xSauronx
hire an artist to paint it...or take a super high res pic and have someone blow it up: both for an insane price so that you can live in a silly fantasy world of being inside a UT2k4 level.

so harsh. can't you be a little bit enthusiastic for his project?

Thanks man, I thought more people would think this is cool.

vshah - No need to worry about a girlfriend And you say rasterbator will look shi++y, so what do you suggest? I want it to look as good as possible.

How much do you guys think I will spend on ink for covering 1 wall?

 

[DiamondJ]

hmm, this sounds kinda cool... I might do something like that to my room

only it wont be a videogame screenshot, it'll be something else

btw dont use a Halo 2 screen... that would look like crap. Halo's graphics suck.

You should wait until the next generation of games comes out and take a screenshot of those

 

[Accipiter22]

R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-RASTERBATOR-bator----bator.....

 

[mwmorph]

go source engie, take a screenshot at highest possible resolution, dont worry if you're only getting 1 fps, just take a few, send it to rasterbautor and let them doi ti. then when printing, set image optimizer on in printer settings(if you have a canon, other brands have similar deatures that sorta add 11ty billon x aa to a jaggy image) and put it together. it should look pretty good.

when done right, it'll look like this
http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/gallery.gas?3580
or this
http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/gallery.gas?cool

 

[StevenMara]

We only have a DeskJet from about 3 years ago. Should I borrow someone's newer printer for this job?

 

[Mo0o]

Is this what all the cool kids are doing now to impress the girls?

 

[thestranger]

airbrush?

 

[Modeps]

Rasterbater looks dope, but that's a lotta ink!

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: StevenMara
We only have a DeskJet from about 3 years ago. Should I borrow someone's newer printer for this job?

a nice printer will do some good.
damn anyone having trouble posting right now? I keep getting error screens!

 

[smack Down]

Originally posted by: StevenMara
We only have a DeskJet from about 3 years ago. Should I borrow someone's newer printer for this job?

You will want to use the biggest printer you can find. See if kinkos or some place has a 4 foot printer. It might cost more but it will look a lot better then having 30 rows of pages.

 

[ruffilb]

Cool idea.

 

[StevenMara]

Originally posted by: smack Down

Originally posted by: StevenMara
We only have a DeskJet from about 3 years ago. Should I borrow someone's newer printer for this job?

You will want to use the biggest printer you can find. See if kinkos or some place has a 4 foot printer. It might cost more but it will look a lot better then having 30 rows of pages.

I don't think there is a place like that in my town (6,000 people). Plus, I can't use a kinko's printer to print a pdf file, can I?

I am probably going to have 7-8 pages for the height (portrait layout) and a lot more for the width, so what is the best way to put them together? Maybe get a big roll of clear contact paper and go over the whole front of the picture, or should I just tape them together from the back?