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04/27/2005 03:43:18 PM · #1 |
I need some words of advice here. A friend asked me to edit and print some of her daughter's photos. Apparently a gallery/shop in a touristy place lieks them and would like to hang them.
Problem is that they cropped out lots of photo and left very little to work with. The worst example of this is a 4 x 6 image saved at 72.25 dpi that they want made larger. I'm not even sure there is enough there to make into a decent 4 x 6.
Am I just not looking on the bright side? Are there tips you can give me?
FYI they after cropping what they wanted they did not save the original shots, so there is no untouched file to start afresh from.
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04/27/2005 03:52:00 PM · #2 |
Generally you could probably interpolate to double the dpi unless they have already been highly compressed. You certainly won't be able to get any half decent enlargements.
All I can suggest is experiment on some of them to see what they look like.
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04/27/2005 04:06:42 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by mikasi:
I need some words of advice here. A friend asked me to edit and print some of her daughter's photos. Apparently a gallery/shop in a touristy place lieks them and would like to hang them.
Problem is that they cropped out lots of photo and left very little to work with. The worst example of this is a 4 x 6 image saved at 72.25 dpi that they want made larger. I'm not even sure there is enough there to make into a decent 4 x 6.
Am I just not looking on the bright side? Are there tips you can give me?
FYI they after cropping what they wanted they did not save the original shots, so there is no untouched file to start afresh from. |
Tell them the truth, the images will be degradaded. Then if they choose to go ahead, it up to them. If the images are better than expected_you are the hero. You may end up with a reshoot, and make mo' money and a client that trusts you r opinion. |
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04/27/2005 04:28:12 PM · #4 |
You might try resizing them (NOT resampling them) to high resolution but small size, e.g. 1 x 1-1/2 inches at 300 dpi. Gang a few of those up un a 4x6 canvas and make a photographic print from a good source.
Now, scan that print at the scanner's highest optical resolution (usually 1200-4800) and you will have more-or-less "optically enlarged" the image.
This might give a better result than digitally resampling it, and is cheap to try if you have a scanner. |
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04/27/2005 05:55:14 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
You might try resizing them (NOT resampling them) to high resolution but small size, e.g. 1 x 1-1/2 inches at 300 dpi. Gang a few of those up un a 4x6 canvas and make a photographic print from a good source.
Now, scan that print at the scanner's highest optical resolution (usually 1200-4800) and you will have more-or-less "optically enlarged" the image.
This might give a better result than digitally resampling it, and is cheap to try if you have a scanner. |
You can't create detail that isn't there. I think resampling and then sharpening a little would be the only thing, but first I'd warn them that you don't have enough to work with and the results might not be pretty. |
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