An easy way to make a 6.97mb pic bigger?

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Hi all,
I have a couple of images I would like to have printed quite large,they are only approx 6.97 meg and wondered if theres a tutorial as to how I keep the best quality and make adjustmentsin cs for a bigger print?

In advance any help appreciated with thanks.
 
There's a programme called genuine fractals which is meant to be good, but I've not tried it. If using PS make sure you have the right algorithm selected, can't remember the details but there is one that's best for enlarging.
 
how many mb in size is not really important...

tell us how many pixels wide and tall the images are, and how big in inches you would like to print it. :thumbs:
 
Thanks Graham and ben..
Ben ..well it's 4256 wide and 2832 (pixels) tall as the jpeg image.
As for how large I want it printed...well 82cm wide by 62 cm deep.
Would for sure want to keep as much detail as possible and it will be viewed at not that long a distance away if that helps?
Thanks for the help but when it comes to canvas sizes and dpi etc etc I am crap!..truly!:bonk:

Steve
 
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its not that tricky Steve. I find inches easier btw.

basically, divide your long edge pixels by how many inches you want to print it. If the answer is less than 200 then you probably need to resize. an answer of 240-300 is preferred.

In your case, 82cm is about 32inches.

So 4256 divided by 32 gives 133.
As 133 is less than 200 then good to resize.

Grahams already said one of the best programs for it, Genuine Fractals.

Are you printing it yourself or at a lab? if at a lab do they require a specific resolution?
If you dont have genuine fractals and just photoshop, then
goto image menu and image size.
make sure resample is checked and you can choose Bicubic smoother (best for enlargements) thats debatable but another story.
Type in the the size in cm and the ppi, this would be either what the lab says, or if printing yourself, id probably only go as far as 240ppi for such a big image. Click ok, then try sharpening your image after the resizing.
 
First off your image wont fit the print size you want, the ratio's are different,, your image is "thinner" than the output size, that either means stretching it width ways or having a border on the sides.
Next Genuine Fractals no longer has any real world advantage over the newer versions of photoshop, from CS4 onwards the resizing algorithm's were changed to be closer to GF, I doubt you'll see any difference now.
 
My workflow is the tried and trusted P.S.120% method:

1) Do all the editing as per for a final print at the NATIVE res
2) upres to 120% of the finished size via Bicubic Smother
3) Edge sharpen if require
4) Down size to the the finished size via Bicubic sharper.

I use this method for uprezing up to 200% and it works for me.
 
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