Enlarging (digital) Photos

My daughter used a 1.2 Mp camera to take some family photos. One is so

she wanted an enlargement of it. Up to now, 5"x7" has been the largest

I could print without considerable loss of quality.

I’ve followed threads in this group about getting larger images from small files with some interest. All I have concluded is that posters here have egos bigger that big and… That moderate posters are more willing to experiment. Someone suggested Genuine Fractals was the tool to use.

else said no… Use a Fred Miranda’s ‘stair interpolation’ action. Others still, claimed it couldn’t be done. Well it can be done!
I downloaded Genuine Fractals last night and resized a 3.52 meg image file to one 105 Meg in size. The result produced some noticeable grain which I partly removed with a plug-in called ‘grain surgery’. The final print I

16"x12" and although Genuine Fractals must surely have been produced by a Sadist, the results are at least as good as you would get from a conventional enlargement of a 35mm negative.

Unfortunately Genuine Fractals is a torturous piece of software which despite entering values in every square, continues to tell you "there must be a value in every square" before you can process the image. Perhaps I

now try some of the other interpolation programs suggested by posters here and see if I can find one I can use without the sadistic merry-go-round of GF.

Basically… Enlarging images beyond their physical size is not just possible, it is also practical. Those who say it can’t be done really

stick their head out of the cave more often… Things do actually change from time to time.

Wilder that what?
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My daughter used a 1.2 Mp camera to take some family photos. One is so

she wanted an enlargement of it. Up to now, 5"x7" has been the largest

I could print without considerable loss of quality.

I’ve followed threads in this group about getting larger images from small files with some interest. All I have concluded is that posters here have egos bigger that big and… That moderate posters are more willing to experiment. Someone suggested Genuine Fractals was the tool to use.

else said no… Use a Fred Miranda’s ‘stair interpolation’ action. Others still, claimed it couldn’t be done. Well it can be done!
I downloaded Genuine Fractals last night and resized a 3.52 meg image file to one 105 Meg in size. The result produced some noticeable grain which I partly removed with a plug-in called ‘grain surgery’. The final print I

16"x12" and although Genuine Fractals must surely have been produced by a Sadist, the results are at least as good as you would get from a conventional enlargement of a 35mm negative.

Unfortunately Genuine Fractals is a torturous piece of software which despite entering values in every square, continues to tell you "there must be a value in every square" before you can process the image. Perhaps I

now try some of the other interpolation programs suggested by posters here and see if I can find one I can use without the sadistic merry-go-round of GF.

Basically… Enlarging images beyond their physical size is not just possible, it is also practical. Those who say it can’t be done really

stick their head out of the cave more often… Things do actually change from time to time.

Wilder that what?
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There is no way that my Coolpix 800 can equal the results from my D70.
I find GF easy to use myself. Perhaps the OP hasn’t had much experience with user hostile programs….

Jim

I think what the previous discussion (with the preface that many of the posters in here are in the graphics industry) was that ‘yes’ – anyone can resample an image to a larger size – but the fact remains – a 72 dpi image will never pass for a 300 dpi image…

Cutting corners may work for personal needs, but for the poor printing people whose livelyhood depends on the quality of the job – it just

cut the cake…

Glad you were able to create a pic that worked for your purposes – but if you ‘could’ print a actual high-rez image – wouldn’t you want to?
n8

My daughter used a 1.2 Mp camera to take some family photos. One is so

good

she wanted an enlargement of it. Up to now, 5"x7" has been the largest

image

I could print without considerable loss of quality.

I’ve followed threads in this group about getting larger images from

files with some interest. All I have concluded is that posters here have egos bigger that big and… That moderate posters are more willing to experiment. Someone suggested Genuine Fractals was the tool to use.

Someone

else said no… Use a Fred Miranda’s ‘stair interpolation’ action.

still, claimed it couldn’t be done. Well it can be done!
I downloaded Genuine Fractals last night and resized a 3.52 meg image

to one 105 Meg in size. The result produced some noticeable grain which

partly removed with a plug-in called ‘grain surgery’. The final print I

made

16"x12" and although Genuine Fractals must surely have been produced by

Sadist, the results are at least as good as you would get from a conventional enlargement of a 35mm negative.

Unfortunately Genuine Fractals is a torturous piece of software which despite entering values in every square, continues to tell you "there

be a value in every square" before you can process the image. Perhaps I

will

now try some of the other interpolation programs suggested by posters

and see if I can find one I can use without the sadistic merry-go-round

GF.

Basically… Enlarging images beyond their physical size is not just possible, it is also practical. Those who say it can’t be done really

should

stick their head out of the cave more often… Things do actually change from time to time.

Wilder that what?
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My daughter used a 1.2 Mp camera to take some family photos. One is so

she wanted an enlargement of it. Up to now, 5"x7" has been the largest

I could print without considerable loss of quality.

I’ve followed threads in this group about getting larger images from small files with some interest. All I have concluded is that posters here have egos bigger that big and… That moderate posters are more willing to experiment. Someone suggested Genuine Fractals was the tool to use.

else said no… Use a Fred Miranda’s ‘stair interpolation’ action. Others still, claimed it couldn’t be done. Well it can be done!
I downloaded Genuine Fractals last night and resized a 3.52 meg image file to one 105 Meg in size. The result produced some noticeable grain which I partly removed with a plug-in called ‘grain surgery’. The final print I

16"x12" and although Genuine Fractals must surely have been produced by a Sadist, the results are at least as good as you would get from a conventional enlargement of a 35mm negative.

Unfortunately Genuine Fractals is a torturous piece of software which despite entering values in every square, continues to tell you "there must be a value in every square" before you can process the image. Perhaps I

now try some of the other interpolation programs suggested by posters here and see if I can find one I can use without the sadistic merry-go-round of GF.

Basically… Enlarging images beyond their physical size is not just possible, it is also practical. Those who say it can’t be done really

stick their head out of the cave more often… Things do actually change from time to time.

Wilder that what?
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Oh dear…
Here we have one of those big ego posters telling a person who earns a living from Photography that what he just said is not true. Basically you just called me a liar and you don’t even know me. What a bigot!

Oh dear…
Here we have one of those big ego posters telling a person who earns a living from Photography that what he just said is not true. Basically you just called me a liar and you don’t even know me. What a bigot!

Oh dear…
Here we have one of those big ego posters telling a person who earns a living from Photography that what he just said is not true. Basically you just called me a liar and you don’t even know me. What a bigot!

"n8 skow" wrote in message

I think what the previous discussion (with the preface that many of the posters in here are in the graphics industry) was that ‘yes’ – anyone

resample an image to a larger size – but the fact remains – a 72 dpi

will never pass for a 300 dpi image…

Cutting corners may work for personal needs, but for the poor printing people whose livelyhood depends on the quality of the job – it just

dosen’t

cut the cake…

Glad you were able to create a pic that worked for your purposes – but

you ‘could’ print a actual high-rez image – wouldn’t you want to?
n8

My daughter used a 1.2 Mp camera to take some family photos. One is so

good

she wanted an enlargement of it. Up to now, 5"x7" has been the largest

image

I could print without considerable loss of quality.

I’ve followed threads in this group about getting larger images from

small

files with some interest. All I have concluded is that posters here

egos bigger that big and… That moderate posters are more willing to experiment. Someone suggested Genuine Fractals was the tool to use.

Someone

else said no… Use a Fred Miranda’s ‘stair interpolation’ action.

Others

still, claimed it couldn’t be done. Well it can be done!
I downloaded Genuine Fractals last night and resized a 3.52 meg image

file

to one 105 Meg in size. The result produced some noticeable grain

I

partly removed with a plug-in called ‘grain surgery’. The final print

made

16"x12" and although Genuine Fractals must surely have been produced

a

Sadist, the results are at least as good as you would get from a conventional enlargement of a 35mm negative.

Unfortunately Genuine Fractals is a torturous piece of software which despite entering values in every square, continues to tell you "there

must

be a value in every square" before you can process the image. Perhaps

will

now try some of the other interpolation programs suggested by posters

here

and see if I can find one I can use without the sadistic

of

GF.

Basically… Enlarging images beyond their physical size is not just possible, it is also practical. Those who say it can’t be done really

should

stick their head out of the cave more often… Things do actually

from time to time.

Wilder that what?
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