Company photo board

[kneeley]

I've been asked to do a company photo board for a 170 person company. They are looking for the best solution to post images and names in alphabetical order. Because the list of employees is fluid, I may be asked to re-print in the future. I will be segmenting the printouts by department. I have complete freedom with output sizes.

I have adobe cs, paint shop, etc..

Does anyone have any software recommendations for this project?

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Kathy

[physed]

Kathy,
I do fire and police department composites. I like to layout the board in elements but I do use photoshop for photo editing.

[sageone]

are you looking to create one large photo from a bunch of headshots and then print? Might be a custom print job. How big is the board supposed to be? I'd say you design some sort of digital photo frame - maybe a white matte with black border - or colors of the company and a logo. Then maybe the employees name at the bottom of the shot within the frame. Whatever you do, record some actions in photoshop so you can automate the process so when changes are made, it's one or two clicks and the new shots are processed faster.

[PhotosGuy]

I'd print the name on the pic & have someone cut out a matt to hold about 200 prints. That would leave spaces for new employees & spaces to separate the departments.

[physed]

Kathy,
It is very simple to layout in Elements or Photoshop. Start a new project For that side board I would Use 50" X 40". I then open the first photo crop it to wallet size. I prefer oval tool for an oval dye cut. I then move it to the board and move on to the next photo. If you turn on the grid it helps you layout the board. Then use the text tool to put in the names. It is very easy later to change and add photos. I do boards this big because they are department composites. I then scale it down for individual composite.
You can scale the board to whatever size you want. Think of it as the old way as pasting the pictures on a mat board except you can change or move photos from your original anytime you want. Hope this helps.

[kneeley]

I'm free to design it how I see fit. Ideally, they would like to see the departments individualized on a separate print. The largest department I have is about 40 ppl.

I would also like to provide them with one large print of the entire company if possible.

[kneeley]

When I go to move the cropped images to my board, they do not come in as wallet sizes, they are much bigger...any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[physed]

When your crop your photo you have to match the boards dpi. So if your board is 300dpi you would crop your photo 2 x 3 at 300 dpi.

[kneeley]

Thanks so much for the information. One last question. Can you recommend a dpi value for this size project? I'm concerned about memory, but more concerned about print resolution as I reduce the dpi...

[physed]

When I do a very large board 200 dpi is what i use. Smaller boards dpi