This is not the best way to do large resizings. If you can use an integer factor like 1/2 or 1/3 or 2:1 or 3:1 (in pixel width) then you get better results by going direct from original to new size and use the interval. Simple fractions work nearly , but not quite as well as integers, like 1.5:1.
-- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) Home Page - www.jchriso.com Join the Audio CD PLAYER DISCUSSION list - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Upscaling Images/Resizing Larger From: Marnie > I've got Elements 5, Photoshop 2, and LR 2. > > My church is doing a web site and some of the photos they are using > are > simply too small. I volunteered to upscale them (trouble is, the example I > showed, I didn't play with the sharpness enough before showing and they are > somewhat dubious.) > > Basically they seem to be about 200-230 pixels and just upping them > to 300 > pixels makes them much more viewable. > > About 10 of them. > > Now, is there some editing software or plug-in that will resize > better > than the above do by default? (One with a demo maybe, I really don't want to > buy anything just for this one thing.) > > I figured on just resizing in Elements and then using UnSharpen Mask. > > Any input for settings for unsharpen mask, or what you would do > instead, > software, or whatever, is appreciated. > > I figure, regardless of what I do, some sharpness will be lost. On > the > other hand, some of the pictures aren't all that sharp to begin with. > > Thanks, Marnie aka Doe Someone gave me an upscaling "Action" for Photoshop 7 that worked by resizing +3% using bi-cubic sharper, then resizing another +3% using bi-cubic smoother. It began by prompting you to input a number for how many repetitions you wanted it to do. It would take about 7 repetitions to increase size to 150%, and 12 repetitions to double the size. It seemed to give quite good results. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
