resizing images

[kippu]

do you guys use any photoshop plugins to resize images ...as in make it bigger , if so how much bigger can we go without harming the image and which plugin do you guys prefer

 

i have 3500 pix wide image and would have to send the client a 17 x 11 inch image 300 dpi ... so i guess i have to go 5000 pix wide i suppose

 

thank you

[MrCAD]

I am sure there are many apps to resize images..but I use Shortcut S-Spline for image enlargement....unfortunately it is discontinued..

 

http://www.shortcutinc.com

 

Meher

[rmccoy]

There are a lot of them out there.

 

I have used onOne Software's Genuine Fractals and it seemed to do a good job.

 

link

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

Make sure you are not over thinking this. In reality, a 3500 pixel wide image will print fine at 11x17. I imagine your client was told by their printer that they needed a 300 ppi image for print. You are already over 200 ppi at that size.

 

This article is interesting, and talks about using resizing images with Photoshop.

www.creativepro.com/files/story_images/101504_PSimageres.pdf

[kippu]

i know it will print fine ....but unless they see a 300 dpi , they wont be happy i assume

[Bwana Kahawa]

i know it will print fine ....but unless they see a 300 dpi , they wont be happy i assume

 

Then fake it!! Tell Photoshop to stop resampling the image in the Image Size box, then change the dpi to 300 - the number of pixels will remain as it was. I sometimes do it to pacify people who ask for 300dpi without really knowing what it means...

[sdds]

Then fake it!! Tell Photoshop to stop resampling the image in the Image Size box, then change the dpi to 300 - the number of pixels will remain as it was. I sometimes do it to pacify people who ask for 300dpi without really knowing what it means...

 

this is what I would do lol.. I have used genuine fractals (sp) and incremental resizing techniques in photoshop and really there quite limited. 300 dpi or ppi has been made the standard for print resolution, but having a lower resolution doesn't necessarily result in a lower quality print.

 

If you take a photo with a really good digital cam, good lens etc. the raw file may only be 3-4000ppi by whatever, but due to the quality you could blow that up onto a poster without a problem.

 

Well this is my thinking lol.

[d_mccreadie]

If you resize your image in steps of 10% you can increase the size of your image, with hardly any visible loss of quality to the naked eye.

 

In the Image Size dialogue box make sure Resample Image is turned on. Switch the unit of measure to percent and type in 110 in both the Width and Height fields. Keep repeating this step until your image is the desired size

 

doing it this way doesn’t seem to soften (blur) the image when you resize.