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Best Software for blowing up 2MP images?
Looking for simple to use software for blowing up 2MP digital images
for printing 8x10 and larger. Has to be simple, no complicated settings and tinkering around just tell the software how large I'd like to print and have it do it enlarge the image with the best possible results. Preferably something who's main purpose is doing blowups of digital camera images so I don't have to have stuff installed I won't use anyways. Freeware or Commercial. Thanks. |
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Best Software for blowing up 2MP images?
"j" wrote in message ps.com... Looking for simple to use software for blowing up 2MP digital images for printing 8x10 and larger. Has to be simple, no complicated settings and tinkering around just tell the software how large I'd like to print and have it do it enlarge the image with the best possible results. Preferably something who's main purpose is doing blowups of digital camera images so I don't have to have stuff installed I won't use anyways. Freeware or Commercial. Thanks. Most any editor software can do what you want. Many printer supplied software packages will allow you to choose the print size. So the answers you will get are mostly going to be the personal preference of the responder. Since you mention 8x10 and larger, you may want to look at Qimage as it has a very good ability to print images over multiple pages. Now, as to how good the end product will be, that is going to be a problem. If you are not going for high quality images (such as art prints) an 8x10 is possible. Larger than that is going to rapidly go down in quality. Some programs are very good at guessing at what to insert in an image to make it larger, but it is still trying to create data that does not exist. You will not get an image that is as clear and detailed by blowing up a 2mp image as you would by printing a 6mp image at the same print size. There is one more concideration. The quality of the printer. Some printers are better at giving acceptable large prints than others. So the same image printed on two printers at 8x10, one may look good at arms length and the other may not look good any closer than 4' viewing distance. Good luck Randy ========== Randy Berbaum Champaign, IL |
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Best Software for blowing up 2MP images?
On Jun 15, 5:55 pm, "Randy Berbaum" wrote:
Since you mention 8x10 and larger, you may want to look at Qimage as it has a very good ability to print images over multiple pages. I agree, and QImage also has the best enlarging routines, imo. If you use other software, try enlarging in small steps - Google 'stair step interpolation', and try the Lanczos enlarging algorithm, found in the free Irfanview program. There is one more concideration. The quality of the printer. Some printers are better at giving acceptable large prints than others. True. But I think there is another very important factor - image content. Some images, like close up portraits (and any other subject that doesn't invite you to get up close and personal) will enlarge much better than others. The best way to find out is to simply try it out, even if you just print a cropped A4 area at the enlargement ratio you wish to use, then view at the most likely distance... Let us know how you go. |
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Best Software for blowing up 2MP images?
And lo, j emerged from the ether
and spake thus: Looking for simple to use software for blowing up 2MP digital images for printing 8x10 and larger. Has to be simple, no complicated settings and tinkering around just tell the software how large I'd like to print and have it do it enlarge the image with the best possible results. Preferably something who's main purpose is doing blowups of digital camera images so I don't have to have stuff installed I won't use anyways. Freeware or Commercial. Thanks. I recommend AlienSkin BlowUp, which is a Photoshop plug-in. There are a few others I can't remember the names of that may or may not do a better job, but I've used BlowUp and have been very satisfied with the results. Its major contribution to scaling is maintaining the sharpness of hard edges while not oversharpening softer features within the image; something that takes more intelligence than simple bicubic algorithms. It's not a silver bullet, but it should get 2MP images up to 8x10 in a way that makes them very printable. -- Aaron http://www.fisheyegallery.com http://www.singleservingphoto.com |
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Best Software for blowing up 2MP images?
"j" wrote in message ps.com... Looking for simple to use software for blowing up 2MP digital images for printing 8x10 and larger. Many say Qimage is excellent for scaling small images to larger print sizes, and yes it does do it very well ... http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage/ .... in the help/docs there is a step-by-step example that should make it very easy to simply make a large print; BUT, there are indeed a lot of options which can be daunting so look through the faq/docs/help for the examples. |
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Best Software for blowing up 2MP images?
j wrote:
Looking for simple to use software for blowing up 2MP digital images for printing 8x10 and larger. Has to be simple, no complicated settings and tinkering around just tell the software how large I'd like to print and have it do it enlarge the image with the best possible results. Preferably something who's main purpose is doing blowups of digital camera images so I don't have to have stuff installed I won't use anyways. Freeware or Commercial. Thanks. You could try this free upsizer program. The information is located at the bottom of this page; http://www.outbackphoto.com/filters/....html#upsizing The procedure as given to me by a pro suggests; a.) Crop first (if needed) b.) unsharp c.) resize (upsize) d.) unsharp again (if needed) I have used the DOP Upsizer on scanned slides with very good results. Just a suggestion for something that might work for you. sced13ri |
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Best Software for blowing up 2MP images?
sced13ri wrote:
j wrote: Looking for simple to use software for blowing up 2MP digital images for printing 8x10 and larger. Has to be simple, no complicated settings and tinkering around just tell the software how large I'd like to print and have it do it enlarge the image with the best possible results. Preferably something who's main purpose is doing blowups of digital camera images so I don't have to have stuff installed I won't use anyways. Freeware or Commercial. Thanks. You could try this free upsizer program. The information is located at the bottom of this page; http://www.outbackphoto.com/filters/....html#upsizing The procedure as given to me by a pro suggests; a.) Crop first (if needed) b.) unsharp c.) resize (upsize) d.) unsharp again (if needed) I have used the DOP Upsizer on scanned slides with very good results. Just a suggestion for something that might work for you. sced13ri My bad! I forgot to mention this program is used as a plug-in for Photoshop but, it works just as well in Photoshop Elements 3 and 5. I have used it in both. sced13ri |
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Best Software for blowing up 2MP images?
On 2007-06-14 22:34:44 -0700, j said:
Looking for simple to use software for blowing up 2MP digital images for printing 8x10 and larger. Has to be simple, no complicated settings and tinkering around just tell the software how large I'd like to print and have it do it enlarge the image with the best possible results. Preferably something who's main purpose is doing blowups of digital camera images so I don't have to have stuff installed I won't use anyways. Freeware or Commercial. Thanks. OnOne's Genuine Fractals has long been considered to be the standard and some stock photography companies have even specified it. However, there are many products out there. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor |
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Best Software for blowing up 2MP images?
The images I want to enlarge are mostly of rain forests, mountains
and ocean in British Columbia A lot of greens and browns and greys All the shots were taken in late fall and winter so lots of overcast skies and mist. (Pretty much the same as Oregon and Seattle) I will be printing at a professional lab (Black's , London drugs, Futureshop, Walmart..etc) Camera was Fujifilm A205 2MP I don't want huge prints, mostly 8x10 and 20x16 whenever possible without getting a melted crayon look of early colour laser printers. Viewing distance will be at least 2.5 feet. My system is a P3-650 with 128 MB of ram so I can't run anything that requires a newer system. |
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