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Title: Enlarge an image without photoshop? - CAN SOMEONE DO IT FOR ME?
Post by: Misky on 02 September 2011, 14:11
Hi guys I have an image that I would really like turned into a landscape canvas but the image needs to enlarged without loosing too much quality. any ideas?
Ideally I would like the image to onto a 36''x16'' canvas.  They mentioned that the image should be at least 1mb. Mines not half of that.
Im a bit lost!  :undecided:
any help or advice from you photoshop peeps would be great! 

image in question:

(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg72/misky88/IMG_0636.jpg)
Title: Re: Enlarge an image without photoshop?
Post by: shepgti on 02 September 2011, 14:20
that picture wouldnt look great at the size you want as the resolution looks pretty naff
Title: Re: Enlarge an image without photoshop?
Post by: Misky on 02 September 2011, 14:24
that picture wouldnt look great at the size you want as the resolution looks pretty naff

fair play! is there anything I can do? I know it was taken on my phone and isnt great but i like it  :smiley:
Title: Re: Enlarge an image without photoshop?
Post by: _Adam_ on 02 September 2011, 14:30
that picture wouldnt look great at the size you want as the resolution looks pretty naff

fair play! is there anything I can do? I know it was taken on my phone and isnt great but i like it  :smiley:

just ask someone with photoshop to resize it and see how it looks
Title: Re: Enlarge an image without photoshop?
Post by: Misky on 02 September 2011, 14:37
that picture wouldnt look great at the size you want as the resolution looks pretty naff

fair play! is there anything I can do? I know it was taken on my phone and isnt great but i like it  :smiley:

just ask someone with photoshop to resize it and see how it looks

Please could someone with photo shop enlarge this for me!? haha
Appologies as I dont have it.  :sad:

cheers in advance guys!
Title: Re: Enlarge an image without photoshop?
Post by: Ridg on 02 September 2011, 14:44
that picture wouldnt look great at the size you want as the resolution looks pretty naff

+1

that's come from a camera phone yes?

once enlarged (properly)

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/cb/enlarge.html

you'll probably be able to get away with a canvas print, but it's going to look like a watercolour as there simply isn't enough information in the original to start off.

Title: Re: Enlarge an image without photoshop? - CAN SOMEONE DO IT FOR ME?
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 02 September 2011, 20:20
download  gimp and do it youself.

its basically photoshop but its free.

simple to use should have it done in 2 mins.

i would have done it but i reset laptop to factory settings so nolong have it and cba to download it again
Title: Re: Enlarge an image without photoshop? - CAN SOMEONE DO IT FOR ME?
Post by: dom on 02 September 2011, 20:59
I've resized it but when the image is enlarged to the dimensions of the canvas it doesn't scale correctly so is slightly skewed.

The image is here (http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy183/codling1234/F1.jpg):

(http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy183/codling1234/F1.jpg)

If you want the image file PM me your e-mail address and i'll send it over.
Title: Re: Enlarge an image without photoshop? - CAN SOMEONE DO IT FOR ME?
Post by: garfayliu on 02 September 2011, 22:26
hi, I think you'll be disappointed enlarging a camera phone pic up to 36" wide.

If you still want to give it a go, here's it 36" x 26" original aspect ratio:

(http://garfay.robertliu.com/cars/golfgti/IMG_0636_36x26.jpg)

Here it is cropped to 36" x 16", with blur of extremities to focus on Merc F1 car:

(http://garfay.robertliu.com/cars/golfgti/IMG_0636_36x16.jpg)

Title: Re: Enlarge an image without photoshop? - CAN SOMEONE DO IT FOR ME?
Post by: Ant1981 on 02 September 2011, 22:30
You'll always end up with pixelation when you enlarge. To begin with, you need an image with high enough resolution for it. You can always downsize, but you should never enlarge as there isn't the data bigger than what you have.
Title: Re: Enlarge an image without photoshop? - CAN SOMEONE DO IT FOR ME?
Post by: Guy on 02 September 2011, 23:12
thats not the best photo anyway? i know its only a phone pic and you took it and all but its not what i would term a keeper to go on a wall, sorry sounds harsh but I am just being honest..

think about getting it printed as a photo poster in the size of the canvas that you want and see how it looks, its a cheaper way of seeing if it will work at that size, if it works and you're happy with it then go for a canvas print..  remember that with a canvas you have to cater for an overlap to go around the canvas

this is the best image I managed to shoot of Button at F1 quali, Silverstone, this year..

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5921618411_591ddc651b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/guyfrankland/5921618411/)
Jenson Button (http://www.flickr.com/photos/guyfrankland/5921618411/) by Guy Frankland (http://www.flickr.com/people/guyfrankland/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Enlarge an image without photoshop? - CAN SOMEONE DO IT FOR ME?
Post by: bobotheclown on 02 September 2011, 23:36
to hide the low quality of it you really need to add some filters in photoshop. something like a zoom blur or something will disguise it a bit.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll190/bobotheclown_gti/Untitled-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Enlarge an image without photoshop? - CAN SOMEONE DO IT FOR ME?
Post by: Misky on 05 September 2011, 09:14
Thanks peeps! sorry I havent been online, have no net at the flat yet!
Thanks everyone who posted!  :smiley:

Might do what you said guy and test the print on a poster first!