TIL picking the right canvas size before starting saves hours of rework

Last week I had to choose between starting a character portrait at 300 DPI on a 4000x5000 pixel canvas or going with 150 DPI on a 2000x2500 one. I picked the bigger option because I wanted to print it later, but halfway through my laptop started lagging like crazy with all the layers. Had to flatten everything and work at 50% zoom. Has anyone else dealt with picking canvas specs that seem good but totally mess up your workflow?

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lily_schmidt5310d ago

300 DPI at 4000x5000 is overkill for most stuff. I did the same thing once with a comic page. My laptop froze for like 30 seconds every time I tried to zoom. Now I just work at 150 DPI and scale up later if I need to print.

grayperez10d ago

My old tablet would just blue screen if I tried opening files that big, so I feel your pain.