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Is there a way to upsize a pictures resulotion

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hypmatize

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Not sure if the title is the right terminology so sorry if isn't quite worded right...

Anyway I have a picture that i want to use for a wallpaper on my mbp but its resolution is only 601 x 480.... so when i set it as my wallpaper it looks a tad pixelated.... I heard that you can make it better/ lessen the amount of pixelation with PS.....since I don't have PS i can't try it (probably wouldn't know how anyway :p) So if anyone can try to improve it for me I would greatly appreciated.

sorry if this is the wrong forum a mod can move it to the right one
 

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No matter what, you will still have pixelation. You can't add information to a picture.
 
ah ok then for some reason i thought you could...so it wouldn't look better at all or it just won't be perfect? thanks for the quick replies:D
 
What you seem to want to do is take a picture that is x pixels wide and make it 2x pixels wide. If you had PhotoShop you could do this using resampling, but it is deceptive. An image only has it's original number of pixels. When you tell PhotoShop to increase that number, it looks at the pixels around the "hole" that would be created and makes up pixels it thinks are the right color. It winds up looking crappy because half of it is invented. There are tons of really great wallpaper images online, just keep looking. Go to the June Desktops thread in the pictures group and have a look at what's out there.

Dale
 
hypmatize said:
I guess the only way to get a better rez is to buy it from ... 9 bucks though damn that sucks...:(
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I know, how horrible that you actually help compensate the photographer for their work that you seem to like enough to use as your wallpaper. :rolleyes:

I mean that is a lot of money, you might even have to skip a trip to Starbucks! :eek:
 
Flash SWT said:
I know, how horrible that you actually help compensate the photographer for their work that you seem to like enough to use as your wallpaper. :rolleyes:

I mean that is a lot of money, you might even have to skip a trip to Starbucks! :eek:
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its not a real picture.... but yeah i understand what you are saying
 
I just read an article in some magazine...(can't remember which, I get so many) about a program that is supposed to revolutionize, so to speak, upscaling pictures. I'll dig around and see which program it is...
 
ProwlingTiger said:
I just read an article in some magazine...(can't remember which, I get so many) about a program that is supposed to revolutionize, so to speak, upscaling pictures. I'll dig around and see which program it is...
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That would be great!

Thanks
 
Flash SWT said:
I know, how horrible that you actually help compensate the photographer for their work that you seem to like enough to use as your wallpaper. :rolleyes:

I mean that is a lot of money, you might even have to skip a trip to Starbucks! :eek:
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/sarcasm/ You mean you have to pay for pictures from a professional? :confused: /sarcasm/
 
That's where a higher MP sensor helps, since you can post a large photo of something, or just crop the image to a smaller size.
 
I just normally recreate the image in photoshop which varies in skill from each pic to the next.

Otherwise photoshop is very good at upscaling an image.
 
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