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Have You Heard Of? | The Rasterbator

Terrible name, fantastic program! Here’s the description from the site:

The Rasterbator is an application which creates rasterized versions of images. The rasterized images can be printed and assembled into enormous (or smaller, if you prefer) posters. No installation is needed. Just select the source image in your hard drive and the program will automatically split it onto several pages. You select the size of the paper you wish to use and also choose either portait or landscape printing. The Rasterbator will then save the image as PDF. After that, click the Rasterbate! button and the program will produce the output image. You can check how it looks like in your favorite PDF reader, right before printing it and hanging it on the wall.

It is really so easy to use. There are settings that you can alter to change the output of the image - if you want a more ‘pop-art’ piece, choose a larger dot size. If you want something that is a little more realistic, choose the smallest dot size. You can do your picture in colour but of course it will use up a lot of coloured ink. Or you can go down to your local print shop and have it done there. And as it says above, you can go for a really big picture (like 30 or more pages stuck together!) or you can go for something smaller (such as 6 pages). If you want your picture to be longer lasting, I would suggest glueing your pages to a canvas and then going over the top with Mod Podge. A really cheap way to get big art work for your house!

p.s. Want to see more examples of Rasterbating? Google to see tons of examples and get inspired!