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can someone enlarge this for me please
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The image you've posted is so badly compressed, that the jpeg artifacts make it basically impossible to enlarge. It already looks bad, and it won't get any better.
Do you have the original photo, or can you get it e-mailed to you? If so, you need to have it scanned at the highest resolution possible, then converted to a .jpeg before sending. It might take you a while to download it, but it will be worth it in the end.
Good Luck!
Do you have the original photo, or can you get it e-mailed to you? If so, you need to have it scanned at the highest resolution possible, then converted to a .jpeg before sending. It might take you a while to download it, but it will be worth it in the end.
Good Luck!
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How big do you need to make it? MsOz has a point about the quality issue. If it were clear, you might get away with making it bigger, but since it's not good quality right now, it's unlikley you'll get much out of it at this point.
Unfortunately MsOz is right Bobz,stretch those pixels it will be to hard to fix.There are PS plugins out there which will allow you to scale up images and do a pretty good job from what I can remember,do a search there a conversation in one of the forums on the subject a while back {sorry cant remember which forum}
What size are you looking to upscale to?
Stu.
What size are you looking to upscale to?
Stu.
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I beleive you're talking about "step scaling". You can basically do what those plugins do by hand if you're willing to spend the time doing it (and don't want to buy a plugin). It really depends on the final desired size and the intention of use for the image. If this is planned on being more doubled or more in size and printed for close up viewing like as a photo, then it's probably not going to happen. You might get away with some scaling though, it depends on how much.
Hi Bobzworld,
As pointed out, the artifacting in that image is horrendous. No plugin such as Genuine Fractals could perform any magic with it at all. I tried a program called Focus Magic which, in the stand alone Windows version, does a very good job with JPEG artifacting and has a feature to increase the resolution of images which is specifically designed to deal with smoothing JPEG artifacts. It couldn't do a decent job on your image at a 4X file. I actually got better results by using a series of 110% increases with Bicubic Smoother selected in the PS CS Image Size dialog. If you don't have CS, I'd be glad to send you a larger image so you can see for yourself.
Cheers!
Welles
As pointed out, the artifacting in that image is horrendous. No plugin such as Genuine Fractals could perform any magic with it at all. I tried a program called Focus Magic which, in the stand alone Windows version, does a very good job with JPEG artifacting and has a feature to increase the resolution of images which is specifically designed to deal with smoothing JPEG artifacts. It couldn't do a decent job on your image at a 4X file. I actually got better results by using a series of 110% increases with Bicubic Smoother selected in the PS CS Image Size dialog. If you don't have CS, I'd be glad to send you a larger image so you can see for yourself.
Cheers!
Welles
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Since you post that picture here BoB, you probably would like to have it fixed, so than you could print it and have it as a memmory.
I`m not an expert with all that fixing resoultion stuff. But i have noticed, when you are printing a colorfull photo with 4x6 (350x750 will be OK) and you have a bad resolution. The color Ink will smooth the picture automaticly. Only you have to be afraid of very Dark colors on the picture. They could effect your quality. There are many of the Inks wich are Fat, soft etc... but regular will work either. So, the only think I WOULD DO, is. I would clean this picture with replacing tool, than Duplicated it, work with Contrast/Brightest, equilizer, Blurr. In the End, with the picture i come up with. I would gave it a little of Brighting, so as when you will print your picture it will have not so dark color and the picture will look just Great and ready for printing.
I hope it helps, Good Luck Buddy
Since you post that picture here BoB, you probably would like to have it fixed, so than you could print it and have it as a memmory.
I`m not an expert with all that fixing resoultion stuff. But i have noticed, when you are printing a colorfull photo with 4x6 (350x750 will be OK) and you have a bad resolution. The color Ink will smooth the picture automaticly. Only you have to be afraid of very Dark colors on the picture. They could effect your quality. There are many of the Inks wich are Fat, soft etc... but regular will work either. So, the only think I WOULD DO, is. I would clean this picture with replacing tool, than Duplicated it, work with Contrast/Brightest, equilizer, Blurr. In the End, with the picture i come up with. I would gave it a little of Brighting, so as when you will print your picture it will have not so dark color and the picture will look just Great and ready for printing.
I hope it helps, Good Luck Buddy
| I gave it a try also with my 10% with Bicubic Smoother used just so you could see what it does. Unfortunately I didn't want the JPEG recompressed so I resaved it at a high JPEG compression factor (75) and the file is 151K zipped. (JPEGs don't often compress further if Zipped or Stuffed.) You can find the file here...
http://homepage.mac.com/wellesgoodrich/FileSharing1.html
Cheers!
http://homepage.mac.com/wellesgoodrich/FileSharing1.html
Cheers!
J
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Again Bob, you can't. Don't believe in wonders because you won't see any, because the resolution is low and the image is severely damaged by Jpeg artifacts.Bobzworld said:
I've even used S-spline pro on this one (a special program for this kind of stuff) and the result was still awfull. Others tried it with other programs or tools without any good results.
There are limits to what can be sharpened and this image already crossed that limit a while back.
Don't continue to ask for something that can't be done, because each one of us IS telling the truth.
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He wasn't nagging, three people had asked him to provide the dimensions that the enlarged photo needed to be so it could be attempted. Seems like everyone was having fun giving the challenge a try. B.W. has been around the forums long enought to know the drill. I for one was enjoying the discussion about scaling techniques and software.
As I didn't use this board for the file transfer, size didn't matter. 
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Says who?
It's a Mac thing... (You asked for it!) The following is from Aladdin Systems who make Stuffit among other products.
What is encoding and why do I need it?
Encoding is a process that transforms files so they can be safely transferred across the Internet. Most Macintosh files cannot be transferred across the Internet without first being encoded. A Macintosh file is made up of two parts, or forks - a data fork and a resource fork. Each fork is made up of 8 bits, making the average Macintosh file 16 bits. On Windows-based and other computers, files have only one part - a data fork, creating 8-bit files.
Files transferred as email attachments across the Internet must pass through gateways to get to their final destination. Up until a few years ago, nearly all gateways only supported 7-bit files. Meaning, if you sent an 8-bit file through the 7-bit email gateway, the resulting file would become damaged. File encoding was created to convert these 8-bit files into 7-bit files so they would be transferred intact.
Files are also transferred as Web or FTP site postings on the Internet. Most modern Web browsers and FTP clients support 8-bit transfers. A Windows file, which is an 8-bit file, can typically be transferred in one of these methods without damage. However, Macintosh files are composed of two parts (forks) that can "confuse" the gateways. Since the gateways do not know how to handle two-part files, they simply ignore one part. Macintosh users have two choices. Encode the file to join the two forks and create "one" fork that the gateway can recognize. Or, use StuffIt compression to create archives that not only put both forks into one, but also StuffIt-compress the file to make it smaller, so it transfers faster through the gateway.
The reasons to encode, or not to encode, can be explained by first explaining the different methods of encoding.
What are the different methods of encoding?
Below are the most common forms of file encoding:
UU encoding takes only the 8-bit data fork and converts it into a 7-bit file. This format is normally used for Windows files because it only recognizes the file's data fork. It can be used for Mac files that do not store crucial information in their resource fork (i.e., '.jpg' files, text files without formatting), however most Mac files store crucial information in the resource fork, such as applications, some word processing documents, and control panels. This method of encoding typically produces the largest file of any of these encoding methods. Files that have been UU-encoded typically have a '.uu' extension in the name.
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is not a method of encoding, but rather a map. It maps a particular method of encoding to an application that can decode that file. You may be most familiar with this as your Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer helper applications. If you choose to change or add a helper application, you must specify the MIME type. As part of the encoded file, the MIME type maps to, or uses, a particular application to decode, or read, a file. For example, Expander is the typical application mapped to decode files whose MIME type is application/mac-binhex40. Microsoft Word is the application that is mapped to decode, or read, files whose MIME type is application/msword.
Base64 encoding takes an 8-bit file and converts it into a 7-bit file. You can use this format to transfer files through any method. This method of encoding typically produces the smallest file of any of these encoding methods. This method is relatively new and not all programs that use it do so in the same way. For instance, some programs may include both the data and resource forks, others may not. There are also some programs that do not support this method at all. While it seems that this method may become a standard, currently you may want to check the results when using it.
BinHex encoding takes the 8-bit resource and data forks of a Macintosh file and converts them into a single 7-bit file. This is useful for transferring files in any method, including via email. Files that have been BinHex encoded typically have an '.hqx' extension in the name.
MacBinary encoding takes the 8-bit resource and data forks of a Macintosh file and converts them into a single 8-bit file. This method should normally be used for transferring files to and from Macintosh computers. Files that have been MacBinary-encoded typically have a '.bin' extension in the name.
AppleDouble encoding takes the 8-bit resource and data forks of a Macintosh file and converts them into a single 8-bit file, then uses Base64 encoding to convert that file to a 7-bit file.
StuffIt products support these encoding formats, and more. For a complete list of file formats supported by StuffIt products, see the File Formats page.
What is the best compression and encoding solution?
Exchanging files with Windows, Macintosh and Unix-based computer users is simple with StuffIt. StuffIt products are designed to provide easy solutions for your communication needs. These compression utilities provide a complete solution: compression, decompression, encoding and decoding of all popular file formats found online.
Haw [confused]
The bottom line is that sending a Zipped or Stuffed Mac created file over the internet eliminates a real possibility of corruption. Windows people don't have that issue.
What is encoding and why do I need it?
Encoding is a process that transforms files so they can be safely transferred across the Internet. Most Macintosh files cannot be transferred across the Internet without first being encoded. A Macintosh file is made up of two parts, or forks - a data fork and a resource fork. Each fork is made up of 8 bits, making the average Macintosh file 16 bits. On Windows-based and other computers, files have only one part - a data fork, creating 8-bit files.
Files transferred as email attachments across the Internet must pass through gateways to get to their final destination. Up until a few years ago, nearly all gateways only supported 7-bit files. Meaning, if you sent an 8-bit file through the 7-bit email gateway, the resulting file would become damaged. File encoding was created to convert these 8-bit files into 7-bit files so they would be transferred intact.
Files are also transferred as Web or FTP site postings on the Internet. Most modern Web browsers and FTP clients support 8-bit transfers. A Windows file, which is an 8-bit file, can typically be transferred in one of these methods without damage. However, Macintosh files are composed of two parts (forks) that can "confuse" the gateways. Since the gateways do not know how to handle two-part files, they simply ignore one part. Macintosh users have two choices. Encode the file to join the two forks and create "one" fork that the gateway can recognize. Or, use StuffIt compression to create archives that not only put both forks into one, but also StuffIt-compress the file to make it smaller, so it transfers faster through the gateway.
The reasons to encode, or not to encode, can be explained by first explaining the different methods of encoding.
What are the different methods of encoding?
Below are the most common forms of file encoding:
UU encoding takes only the 8-bit data fork and converts it into a 7-bit file. This format is normally used for Windows files because it only recognizes the file's data fork. It can be used for Mac files that do not store crucial information in their resource fork (i.e., '.jpg' files, text files without formatting), however most Mac files store crucial information in the resource fork, such as applications, some word processing documents, and control panels. This method of encoding typically produces the largest file of any of these encoding methods. Files that have been UU-encoded typically have a '.uu' extension in the name.
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is not a method of encoding, but rather a map. It maps a particular method of encoding to an application that can decode that file. You may be most familiar with this as your Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer helper applications. If you choose to change or add a helper application, you must specify the MIME type. As part of the encoded file, the MIME type maps to, or uses, a particular application to decode, or read, a file. For example, Expander is the typical application mapped to decode files whose MIME type is application/mac-binhex40. Microsoft Word is the application that is mapped to decode, or read, files whose MIME type is application/msword.
Base64 encoding takes an 8-bit file and converts it into a 7-bit file. You can use this format to transfer files through any method. This method of encoding typically produces the smallest file of any of these encoding methods. This method is relatively new and not all programs that use it do so in the same way. For instance, some programs may include both the data and resource forks, others may not. There are also some programs that do not support this method at all. While it seems that this method may become a standard, currently you may want to check the results when using it.
BinHex encoding takes the 8-bit resource and data forks of a Macintosh file and converts them into a single 7-bit file. This is useful for transferring files in any method, including via email. Files that have been BinHex encoded typically have an '.hqx' extension in the name.
MacBinary encoding takes the 8-bit resource and data forks of a Macintosh file and converts them into a single 8-bit file. This method should normally be used for transferring files to and from Macintosh computers. Files that have been MacBinary-encoded typically have a '.bin' extension in the name.
AppleDouble encoding takes the 8-bit resource and data forks of a Macintosh file and converts them into a single 8-bit file, then uses Base64 encoding to convert that file to a 7-bit file.
StuffIt products support these encoding formats, and more. For a complete list of file formats supported by StuffIt products, see the File Formats page.
What is the best compression and encoding solution?
Exchanging files with Windows, Macintosh and Unix-based computer users is simple with StuffIt. StuffIt products are designed to provide easy solutions for your communication needs. These compression utilities provide a complete solution: compression, decompression, encoding and decoding of all popular file formats found online.
Haw [confused]
The bottom line is that sending a Zipped or Stuffed Mac created file over the internet eliminates a real possibility of corruption. Windows people don't have that issue.