If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
[OT?] How to get good prints from 2MP images
Hi all,
hope not to be too OT. In case, please point me to the right group and sorry for the inconvenience. During my vacation in NY, I had my compact flash card backed up by a Duane Reade shop. It happened that they resized all of my images from 2560x1920 to 1536x1152, although I asked explicitly for a simple backup and not for any editing. Really smart. Now the question: the images are below 2MP in size, but at least they hold a lot of information because are around 2MB in size each. The original images were almost of the same size. What would you recommend to get best possible large prints in, say, 12x10 or 16x12? Directly asking for printing in that size, or making the images of higher resolution by interpolation? In this latter case can you suggest a good shareware software for upsampling? Thanks for any help |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
-=_ Antani _=- wrote:
Hi all, hope not to be too OT. In case, please point me to the right group and sorry for the inconvenience. During my vacation in NY, I had my compact flash card backed up by a Duane Reade shop. It happened that they resized all of my images from 2560x1920 to 1536x1152, although I asked explicitly for a simple backup and not for any editing. Really smart. Now the question: the images are below 2MP in size, but at least they hold a lot of information because are around 2MB in size each. The original images were almost of the same size. What would you recommend to get best possible large prints in, say, 12x10 or 16x12? Directly asking for printing in that size, or making the images of higher resolution by interpolation? In this latter case can you suggest a good shareware software for upsampling? Thanks for any help I don't know the answer to your question, but I've heard that the fractal based software upsamplers do the best job. Plain old printing without upsampling may be minimally acceptable to you if either or both of the following conditions are met: 1. The images do not contain small detail. 2. You intend to mount the images in a place where they will be seen from a distance. As an example of the second point, a typical color television image is way less than 2 MP. Admittedly it's moving - which makes a huge difference. But you get the idea. Alan |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Here is an older one of mine taken with a now defunct Olympus 2.1 MP camera.
http://i.pbase.com/v3/20/576620/1/46394890.PGH.jpg I have printed this 8 x 12 and it looks stunning. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
printing on 6x4 paper prints smaller images | Rusky | Digital Photography | 3 | March 3rd 05 01:46 AM |
Ping: Ryadia --Large Digital Prints | Alan Browne | Digital SLR Cameras | 22 | February 22nd 05 03:54 PM |
Where to start..... | Zach Edwardson | 35mm Photo Equipment | 13 | September 2nd 04 01:31 AM |
Kodak on Variable Film Development: NO! | Michael Scarpitti | In The Darkroom | 276 | August 12th 04 10:42 PM |
Lost Your Digital Pictures? Recover Them - Are you a professional photographer w corrupt digital images, an end user with missing photos? | eProvided.com | General Equipment For Sale | 0 | September 5th 03 06:47 PM |