A rasterbated imageThe concept of rasterbating an image is basically pixellating a picture or photograph and blowing it way up so that you can make it a wall print. Basically, a type of dot matrix wall poster. Rasterbator makes it very easy.
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- 1Get the software.
- 2Extract it from the zipped file. When you do that, it will just extract it into its own folder. It doesn't 'install' it.
- 3Go to the folder that contains the Rasterbator file. Double click on the executable file.
Go to the folder that contains the Rasterbator file. - 4Start up the program. The screen you see will be what you see here. That will happen every time you start it up.
Start up the program. - 5Select your language.
Select your language. - 6Select your image. Be sure it is your image, a public domain, or Creative Commons image. Click Continue.
Select image - 7Select the right type of paper.
Select the right type of paper. - 8Define the output size. This will be something like 6 pieces of paper by 4 or however it works out. Click Continue.
Define the output size. - 9Choose the options. Those are the size of the dot, the color (one or multi-color) and whether or not you want a cutout line.
Choose the options. - 10Give it a name and location and click Rasterbate!
Give it a name and location and click Rasterbate!. - 11Give it a little bit. Depending on how fast your computer is, is how long it will take. It saves the file as a PDF.
- 12Print it out, cut it out according to the lines, and post it wherever you like!
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