Enlargeing Images

"Tom L" wrote in message

Is there a plugin that would help in enlarging an image without getting pixelated? I want to enlarge a small photo to a larger one. I am using PS CS. Thanks, Tom

No.
Jim

Tom,
There isn’t a plugin that I know of, but there’s a way I learned from Scott Kelby (he’s got a bunch of books on photoog…)
Open the image in CS.
Then "Image", "Size".
Change "Inches" or whatever to "percent" Be sure "Resample image" is checked.
Make the "Width" 110% (10% increment).
Click OK
You will notice the image growing some.
Click on "Image", "Size".
Change "Inches" or whatever to "percent" Be sure "Resample image" is checked.
Make the "Width" 110% (10% increment).
Click OK
And so on 6 or 7 times.
For some reason, if the image you started with wasn’t too small, it doesn’t seem to be degraded, at least, not as if you had "Enlarged it" in one fell swoop.
I know the process is tedious, but you can create (record) an action that will do just that for you.
It works.
Marcel

"Tom L" wrote in message

Is there a plugin that would help in enlarging an image without getting pixelated? I want to enlarge a small photo to a larger one. I am using PS CS. Thanks, Tom

There is a plugin called Genuine Fractals. At one time it was bundled with Photoshop, but I beleive is now sold separately. One of its features is that it allows extreme enlargements of digital photos without image degradation.

Bernard

"Celcius" wrote in message

Tom,
There isn’t a plugin that I know of, but there’s a way I learned from Scott
Kelby (he’s got a bunch of books on photoog…)
Open the image in CS.
Then "Image", "Size".
Change "Inches" or whatever to "percent" Be sure "Resample image" is checked.
Make the "Width" 110% (10% increment).
Click OK
You will notice the image growing some.
Click on "Image", "Size".
Change "Inches" or whatever to "percent" Be sure "Resample image" is checked.
Make the "Width" 110% (10% increment).
Click OK
And so on 6 or 7 times.
For some reason, if the image you started with wasn’t too small, it doesn’t
seem to be degraded, at least, not as if you had "Enlarged it" in one fell swoop.
I know the process is tedious, but you can create (record) an action that will do just that for you.
It works.
Marcel

"Tom L" wrote in message

Is there a plugin that would help in enlarging an image without getting pixelated? I want to enlarge a small photo to a larger one. I am using PS CS. Thanks, Tom

Without too much *apparent* degradation. Every blowup will have degradation – you are trying to create pixels out of nowhere when you blow up an image. It’s just a question of how much bigger than original can it get before you really notice. This is different depending on the algorithm used.

"Bernard Saper" wrote in message

There is a plugin called Genuine Fractals. At one time it was bundled with Photoshop, but I beleive is now sold separately. One of its features is that it allows extreme enlargements of digital photos without image degradation.

Bernard

"Celcius" wrote in message

Tom,
There isn’t a plugin that I know of, but there’s a way I learned from Scott
Kelby (he’s got a bunch of books on photoog…)
Open the image in CS.
Then "Image", "Size".
Change "Inches" or whatever to "percent" Be sure "Resample image" is checked.
Make the "Width" 110% (10% increment).
Click OK
You will notice the image growing some.
Click on "Image", "Size".
Change "Inches" or whatever to "percent" Be sure "Resample image" is checked.
Make the "Width" 110% (10% increment).
Click OK
And so on 6 or 7 times.
For some reason, if the image you started with wasn’t too small, it doesn’t
seem to be degraded, at least, not as if you had "Enlarged it" in one fell
swoop.
I know the process is tedious, but you can create (record) an action that will do just that for you.
It works.
Marcel

"Tom L" wrote in message

Is there a plugin that would help in enlarging an image without getting pixelated? I want to enlarge a small photo to a larger one. I am using PS
CS. Thanks, Tom

"Bernard Saper" wrote in message

There is a plugin called Genuine Fractals. At one time it was bundled with Photoshop, but I beleive is now sold separately. One of its features is that it allows extreme enlargements of digital photos without image degradation.

Be aware that the current release of Genuine Fractals (4.0) is not compatible with Photoshop CS2. I have them both and Lizardtech (Genuine Fractals) has been saying that they are working on a patch for a few months now, but at this point the two cannot be used together. Genuine Fractals
3.0 will work with PS CS2 I’m told.

Mark