in what resolution to deliver?

[berbay]

Hi all,
I wonder what is your final resolution for delivery to client?
Are there any business standards? What is a high resolution?


Thank you already.

[johan belmans]

IMHO there is no standard. It depends on your client and how he/she will use your visuals (print, screen, .....)
In our case I deliver images between 5 and 6K.

[berbay]

IMHO there is no standard. It depends on your client and how he/she will use your visuals (print, screen, .....)
In our case I deliver images between 5 and 6K.

Woww bigger than i thought!
Thank you for the reply.

[Juraj]

As Johan correctly said, it largely depends on your client's needs, whether they're intent on printing or just digital use.

With print, anything goes, but obviously going larger than current common crop of high-end fullframe cameras is unneeded. That would be 40+ Mpx or 8k.

With digital, common format is still 2k (and most common fullHD 1920px, or 2048px). But times are changing, even phones are getting quadHD (2560+ px) or even 4k displays. Tablets/Laptops are 3-4k.
So do expect clients to ramp up their expectations even when they want pure digital output in their campaign.

I've been personally rendering 8k for years, I am in love with resolution. It can't be appreciated in digital format sadly right now, but in print, it's amazing. The lifelike detail and tactility, you want to touch it :- ).
And no fear of overkill.. a client for whom we do product design renderings use PhaseOne XF 100mpx, making the most unreal 12k detail I've ever seen in photography. There is still long way to reach that.

[Njen]

Of interest,the large majority of the film industry still uses 2k as the standard res.

[Juraj]

Of interest,the large majority of the film industry still uses 2k as the standard res.

This is quite interesting :- ). I read almost every month about new, more powerful 6-8k camera coming up.

I thought 4k delivery would be already standard by now, at least judging by my Netflix subscription.

[Njen]

I have yet to work on a 4k theatrical film (for reference, I've worked on Marvel films, DC films, animated films, and much more).

4k might be more of a frontier for TV related content, because one can get quite close to a TV screen if they wish, but in a theatre, 2k is still perfectly fine for the average screen size/distance to seats.

[Juraj]

I can't remember what production was it (TV or theatrical) but they mentioned filming in 4K but VFX in upscaled 2k due to costs. The final output was 4k. Found that quite interesting.