SoftwareTitlesARRI LUTFreelance Film- Video- Print Sizes

Print resolution for digital video and film pictures

Examples based on standards for half-tone printing of video and film images.
Medium
Resolution

Pixel dimensions

Dimensions in cm
(54’ half-tone screen (lpcm) /QF 2)

Video D1

768 x 576

7.1 x 5.3

16mm

2K

1728 x 1240

16.0 x 11.5

S16

2K

2028 x 1240

18.8 x 11.5

35mm (1:1.66)

2K

1828 x 1100

16.9 x 10.2

35mm (1:1.66)

4K

3656 x 2200

33.9 x 20.4

The printing size of computer-processed images is calculated as follows:

Image height or width in pixels (e.g. 768 pixels)
Divided by the half-tone screen width (in cm) x 2.54 x QF (quality factor) (e.g. 54 x 2.54 x 2)
equals the Image height or width in inches (e.g. 768 / 274.32 = 2.79)
multiplyed by 2.54 equals the image height or width in cm (2.79 x 2.54 = 7.1)

Or:
Image height or width in pixels (e.g. 768)
divided by the half-tone screen width (in cm) x QF (e.g. 54 x 2 = 108)
equals the image height or width in cm (768 / 108 = 7.1)

The quality factor QF should usually be 2.
For half-tone screen widths over 133 lpi (approx. 54 lpcm) a QF of 1.5 may be sufficient (lpi = half-tone screen width in lpcm x ~2.54).

Calculation example using a video image - Pixel dimensions 768 x 576

Printing with a 60‘ half-tone screen

Printing with a 54‘ half-tone screen

(300 lpi /~ 60 lpcm QF 2)

(266 lpi/~ 54 lpcm QF 2)

768 / (60 x 2) = 6.4 cm
576 / 120 = 4.8 cm

768 / (54 x 2) = 7.1 cm
576 / 108 = 5.3 cm

For screen printing, the resolution of a video frame without interpolation is only sufficient for the above proportions. However, depending on the content of the image, the frame may be enlarged through interpolation.