How to Print an Image With Rasterbator

Last Updated: October 25, 2020

The concept of rasterbating an image is basically pixelating 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.

Steps

1
Get the software here.
2
Extract it from the zipped file. When you do that, it will just extract it into its own folder. It doesn't 'install' it.

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3
Go to the folder that contains the Rasterbator file. Double click on the executable file.
4
Start up the program. The screen you see will be what you see here. That will happen every time you start it up.
5
Select your language.
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Select your image. Be sure it is your image, a public domain, or Creative Commons image. Click Continue.
7
Select the right type of paper.
8
Define the output size. This will be something like 6 pieces of paper by 4 or however it works out. Click Continue.
9
Choose the options. Those are the size of the dot, the color (one or multi-color) and whether or not you want a cutout line.
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Give it a name and location and click Rasterbate!
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Give it a little bit. Depending on how fast your computer is, is how long it will take. It saves the file as a PDF.
12
Print it out, cut it out according to the lines, and post it wherever you like!

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