How big could I make this image?

[Peter Dee]

Warren, I use Photozoom Pro which is stunning in enlarging images.
You just type in the physical size you want and it’s done in seconds.
You have to see it to believe it.
It’s essential when punters come to you with tiny web images they want to use but of course you don’t tell them it’s so easy to enlarge!
http://www.benvista.com/main/content/co … ozoompro_1

[Warren Beard]

Hi Peter

Just tried the free trial download and :wow:

it does work really well, many thanks.

cheers

Warren

[George Elsmore]

me to 😮 tempted to buy!

[Gary Birch]

Can vouch for this program too. We don’t use it often but it has paid for itself many times over.

Cheers

Gary

[Jon Marshall]

I tried it on a few images and found it wasn’t a great deal better than Photoshop.

[Jon Marshall]

I tried it on a few images and found it wasn’t a great deal better than Photoshop.

[George Elsmore]

I tried re sampling in coreldraw x3 and its a lot better!

[Warren Beard]

I also just tried in Photoshop and is not much difference really,

so back to my original question then before I spend lots of money will I be able to get a decent quality finish at that size?

cheers

Warren

[Jon Marshall]

I think so yes. Most wraps are done with images of that sort of size. It’s usually the best you can get.

[George Elsmore]

I would say the photo was took with a 6 megapixel camara so my thoughts are yes also 😕

[Karl Williams]

Just tried an image in photoshop and photozoom. I think I’ll stick with photoshop. There is a difference but not enough to warrant paying out extra for this. Suppose it’s ok for someone trying to print pictures at home
but not for business.

[Peter Normington]

It does depend a lot on the image type for good results,
here is a cheapie, and some free stuff that is a plugin for photoshop.

http://www.mehdiplugins.com/english/
I have used it in signlab as it comes in the editing tools, sometimes its good but not always

Peter

[Peter Dee]

I think if you zoom in on the image done in both programs by the same amount, Photozoom removes the jaggies from edges.

[Dan Osterbery]

hi guys,
here my 2 penneth, the wifes sister uses alien skin blow up!, she has done a couple of images that we needed and they were great, When I get more need will buy my own copy!

regards

Dan
i do have some of their other plugs-ins and I do like them!!

http://www.alienskin.com/blowup/index.aspx

[Alan Drury]

I have Photozoom and I think it is better than just resampling in PhotPaint. I can’t compare to Photoshop as I never use it. Just resampling tends to soften the image slightly including definite lines, Photozoom seems to keep lines fairly crisp. Photozoom has several modes of resizing and different modes can produce different results.
Is it worth the money? I think so but its possible that Photoshop has better resampling up than PhotoPaint.
Alan D

[Chris J Giles]

Never used Photozoom but I’ll have a look at it, sounds good.

I rate the Alien Skin photoshop plugin called Blow Up 2. Not cheap at $249 but I’ve consistently had stunning results.

http://www.alienskin.com/blowup/

[Barrie Dixon]

genuine Fractals print Pro I have had good results with this program

[Jan Storgaard]

quote Warren Beard:

Hi All
I’m looking at wrapping my MWB Transit and have found an image I really like and works great but the largest size they have on stock is;
3072 x 2048 pixels @ 3.94MB
(26cm x 17.3cm) – 118.1 px/cm
Will this be good enough to enlarge to about 1900mm high?
I don’t want to buy the image if I can’t use it and am not sure how to work out if it will be adequate?
cheers
Warren

Hi Warren, you request is a 400 % upscale, I assume that u use photoshop.
Ur original size in 100 dpi is Length 780x height 520mm (x4 =2080mm(u need 1900mm)).

U can go to image menu —> image size, make sure to check "resample image" – set width and height to % instead of mm/cm ONLY increase size 110% at a time. Click the selector at the bottom and chose "bicubic smoother (best for enlargement) (U need to do this every time until u reach ur final size.(for some reason PS resets selector im imagesize dialog box)

Hopes this helps – u could make an action to do this ;o)
Also after resampling ur image goto filter —> noise —> median and tweak it a LITTLE bit.(look at image)

After u can increase a bit with unsharp mask (also in filter menu)
Phew! hope u get my english…

Regards
Jan – Denmark
AND lo to everyone again (last visit was 5 may 2008)