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Increasing image size but keeping quality?


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I have my original pic here:

samford.jpg

But when I increase the image size in Photoshop to 240 x 235, the quality decreases:

samford2.jpg

How do I increase this pic, but keep quality? Possible? Thanks for any help!

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there's not all that much you can do.. if you have a good program to do it, it might look okay.. or.. since it stretches the current pixels, you might want to run the enlarged through some kinda filter that breaks down the pixels and kinda improvises the colors mixed? :p i dunno what i'm talking about, i guess.. :wacko:

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When you resize an image, pixels expand and are added into the picture, but the program can't tell it properly what hue or brightness the pixels in the image should look like, so it emulates it by turning into the color of the nearest pixels around it, so it looks aliased or pixelated.

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well since you're taking an small image and making it bigger...of course the quality will go down!

Couldn't have done it without you!!....jackass...no wonder you have so many posts, spammer!

Thanks everybody else...I'm a graphic n00b....sorry

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Couldn't have done it without you!!....jackass...no wonder you have so many posts, spammer!

Thanks everybody else...I'm a graphic n00b....sorry

Haha way to go Smitjel!

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Couldn't have done it without you!!....jackass...no wonder you have so many posts, spammer!

Thanks everybody else...I'm a graphic n00b....sorry

Ditto. :yes: I would suggest applying a light blur to get rid of some of the pixels. ;)

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Filters can help a great deal if you're in Photoshop or even PSP. The right combination can hide many of the imperfections that are associated with enlarging an image.

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here's a one a bit better

what exactly did you doto make this one look better? Whatever you did, you did an extraordinary job!

Did you apply a series of filters or use a special program?

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what exactly did you doto make this one look better? Whatever you did, you did an extraordinary job!

Did you apply a series of filters or use a special program?

It kinda looks like he used the blur tool or maybe plain old eraser to get rid of the "haze" around the outlines? Could be a filter though too...good stuff.

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what exactly did you doto make this one look better? Whatever you did, you did an extraordinary job!

Did you apply a series of filters or use a special program?

all i did was use the clone tool to get the orange garbage out. then i used the sharpen toll to pull out some of the colors in the building. i only spent about 1.5 min. on it. it could be better

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