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Jan 27, 2006
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Is there a tutorial for enlarging a 4×6 scan to possibly an 8×10 size?
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Tacit
Jan 27, 2006
In article <3LqCf.3986$>,
"femel" wrote:

Is there a tutorial for enlarging a 4×6 scan to possibly an 8×10 size?

Yes.

Step 1: Click on the 4×6 scan in Windows Explorer.

Step 2: Drag it to the Recycle Bin.

Step 3: Empty the Recycle Bin.

Step 4: Rescan it at 8×10.

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Andrew Morton
Jan 27, 2006
tacit wrote:
Step 2: Drag it to the Recycle Bin.

I’m still waiting for this to be in reply to a Mac user 😉

Andrew
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femel
Jan 27, 2006
Ahh, I can’t rescan it, it is a 4 x 6 photo of a person who cannot be photographed again. I was hoping to enlarge it and get it framed for the parents. It is a one of a kind.

I can rescan it but it is still going to be 4 x 6, yes?

"Andrew Morton" wrote in message
tacit wrote:
Step 2: Drag it to the Recycle Bin.

I’m still waiting for this to be in reply to a Mac user 😉
Andrew
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nomail
Jan 27, 2006
femel wrote:

Ahh, I can’t rescan it, it is a 4 x 6 photo of a person who cannot be photographed again. I was hoping to enlarge it and get it framed for the parents. It is a one of a kind.

I can rescan it but it is still going to be 4 x 6, yes?

Not necessarily. If you are going to print it at 300 ppi, and you scan the original at 600 ppi (or 300 ppi and 200% enlargement), you can print it at 8 x 12 at 300 ppi. You must realize however that the information in the scan will not be more than the information in the original, so your print will be a bit fuzzy. Try it anyway. If it’s to remember a person who died, most people are not that interested in perfect print quality. It’s more important to have a print anyway.

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Mike Russell
Jan 27, 2006
"femel" wrote in message
Is there a tutorial for enlarging a 4×6 scan to possibly an 8×10 size?

If you have the original, make sure you scan it at the maximum optical resolution of your scanner. Use curves to improve the contrast and color. Use Lab mode since these operations are easier in that color space. Go to the channels palette and sharpen the image a bit using Unsharp Mask, then print the result as an 8×10.
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Tacit
Jan 28, 2006
In article <x7sCf.3990$>,
"femel" wrote:

Ahh, I can’t rescan it, it is a 4 x 6 photo of a person who cannot be photographed again. I was hoping to enlarge it and get it framed for the parents. It is a one of a kind.

I can rescan it but it is still going to be 4 x 6, yes?

No. Your scanner should allow you to specify a resolution and a target size. You can tell your scanner to make the image larger at the time it makes the scan, by specifying (for example) an output size of 8×10 at 300 pixels per inch. The scanner will scan at a higher resolution, then adjust the output size as necessary.

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