lost hi rez, must resize low rez

[moore moscowitz]

I'm sure this has been covered a zillion times before, but as usual, I am up against relentless deadlines.

Is there any acceptable way to resize a low rez image up to 300 dpi for print?

[Craig B]

The short answer is, if you're talking about scaling a low res image considerably larger, then, "no".

What size is your low res image and how big are you needing to scale it to?

[morea]

^ what he said.

but you can check our frequently discussed topics thread for more information:
http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7892

scroll down until you get to the section on "increasing image resolution".

[carter the artist]

According to some book by the head of that national photoshop association thingy, he states that you can take an image and increase it's size by 10% increments without a loss of resolution. HOw it works if it works? I don't know. But it couldn't hurt.

[Satchel]

According to some book by the head of that national photoshop association thingy, he states that you can take an image and increase it's size by 10% increments without a loss of resolution. HOw it works if it works? I don't know. But it couldn't hurt.

I went to a photoshop seminar and they talked about this (I dont think it was 10% though?) They gave us a link to go down load an action but I can not for the life of me remember what the site was... I searched a little and came up dry.

Sorry, I'm sure if you search long enough you might be able to find it. I am pretty skeptical of this but they say it can be done, so who am I to judge?!

[reuber1]

D-Frag posted how to do this a couple weeks ago. See if I can find it...

I'm a Quick, Slick, SOB.

http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=275085&postcount=2

Hmmm, that may not work though, I suppose you have to start in 300 dpi.

[D-Frag]

thx reub, saved me having to re-type all that mumbo jumbp ;)

[urstwile]

So D-Frag, you first sample the image to 300 DPI and then do the percentage increments? I was a little confused by that.

[mac.FINN]

The short answer is "no".

the long answer is "noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo".

[CamarotaDesign]

i just wanted to throw in my 2 cents a week late.

I use this technique a lot, because of all the idiot clients giving me 72 DPI poor quality photos. (even when I say, HIGH QUALITY!!!!!) and it works great. just resize the image to 300 DPI without resampling. then turn on bicubic resampling and increase size by 10% I think if you increased it by even less % each time it would be smoother.

Also, Genuine Fractals is a program that can resample even better. I've talked to a fine art printer who said they can get 200 DPI at 8.5x11 up to 30x40" or higher at 300 DPI and still keep it at a good printable quality.

[SharkFinStudios]

Yes ladies and gentlemen... welcome to "Crystal Ball Creative" where we look at your future and make it happen. :D

[carter the artist]

Thanks Camarota,
Every time I've heard of this technique, it's from "experts" but they always but a disclaimer that they have never tried it, but they have heard it works.

[budafist]

You can't polish a turd.

[reuber1]

You can't polish a turd.Of course you can! In the end, it'll still look like shit, though.

[urstwile]

LOL, that almost made me spit out my beverage, Rayburr. :D :D

[CamarotaDesign]

hahaha Reuber, good one.

Wow, You guys are not optimistic about resampling. Well, you definately can't start off with a 1"x1" 72 DPI and get it to 4"x4" at 300 dpi. But the larger the photo the bigger you can get it.

[budafist]

Oh sure, and if you are doing billboards, it can suck pretty bad up close because people are seeing it from far away. But in print where you have to do a full page ad or something people are can see up close? Cringeworthy.