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[Help] image enlarger

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by RocketRaccoon, Nov 24, 2009.

  1. RocketRaccoon

    RocketRaccoon Contributing Member

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    I'm tight on time so I came here.

    Can anybody help me with a good to great image enlarger software?

    I have a lot of small low rez images that needs to get much bigger...almost full screen (800x600)

    I've done a quick search but there seems to be quite a few so I thought asking for your advise would be a good idea.

    Thanks so much for any help.
     
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    SwoLy-D Contributing Member

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    PowerToys from MicroSoft for XP: image resizer :eek: a simple right-click and selection resizes many or one image at a time.

    A word of caution, though... you DO know that your quality will diminish greatly if the picture is already "low res" and you're resizing it bigger, don't you? :confused:
     
  4. RocketRaccoon

    RocketRaccoon Contributing Member

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    Actually, and maybe I didn't explain myself very well, I'm looking for something along the lines of Alienskin Blowup. I'm not looking for a simple enlarger...can do that in photoshop. I need to maintain clarity while enlarging the image/resolution.

    Thanks.
     
  5. SwoLy-D

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    :eek: I doubt "Alienskin BlowUp" can preserve sharpness and image quality or just plain have the resulting image looking so good with just enlarging ( I saw the example at http://www.alienskin.com/blowup/blowup_example-1.aspx) . Unless your initial images have great focus and sharpness to begin with, your enlargements are going to look blurry and/or compressed with the jaggedy pixelated look. I'd like to see what that kind of software does with:
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    :D
     
  6. RocketRaccoon

    RocketRaccoon Contributing Member

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    I knew this would be a problem, but I was hoping.

    I just downloaded the Alienskin and was not happy with the outcome. I'm going to try Genuine Fractals next....fingers cross.
     

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