15,000 Layer Photoshop File

[dsel]

neat stuff from the biggest nerds of all time.

Here the nerds are trying to explain how to look at their pictures:

For a Gigapxl™ print to be perspectively correct from a viewing distance of 10 inches (the distance at which close-up inspection is performed), its 9"×18" format must be enlarged to 10.5×21 inches. At this size, the linear pixel density of a 1000-megapixel print is approximately 84 pixels/mm. During an earlier discussion of digital prints for which pixelation causes negligible loss of sharpness, we noted that this condition requires each megapixel of information to occupy an area no larger than eight square inches; the corresponding linear pixel density being 13.9 pixels/mm. Consequently, to fully assimilate the information contained in a 10.5×21-inch Gigapxl™ print, the viewer requires a binocular microscope having a power which is given by: 6.0×(84/13.9)

[Stumbo]

ooo realllly

http://www.gigapxl.org/gallery-SanFranBayBrdg.htm

Thats freaking awsome!!!!!

But i mean, its like telling davinci that the mona lisa is worthless now, because we could just take a pic of her instead. But not quite on that big of a scale.

[GeneralGeeWhiz]

Very cool dude!

[BrianH]

wow that's amazing.

[WRXed]

That really is impressive work!

[deadwithoutyou]

incroyable! the resolution on that is amazing...good find

[ScoobVee]

ooo realllly

http://www.gigapxl.org/gallery-SanFranBayBrdg.htm

Wow, thats pretty sweet too

[scooby-x]

I have a disposable camera.... I put what I want to take a picture of in the little window, push a button, then bam, done. Thats about the realm of my pic know how....

[Mitcher4]

And think as this develops more and more what it will do for video game realism...that's something that a camera is never going to be involved with.