I need your help and advice .....

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

05/20/2007 01:32:49 AM · #1

Met up with an old friend today, her husband died recently. The last photo she has of him was taken on her cellphone.....too small to print and if she tries to enlarge it it just pixelates. She asked for my help ..... I've tried, but it's beyond my abilities. I'm working in ps7, I tried enlarging very gradually but.......
photo she gave me to work with

where I'm at right now

I would really appreciate any help and advice. She just wants something she can print out at home to sit on her bedside table.

Neil

Fujifilm X-T30

05/20/2007 01:38:40 AM · #2

Try downloading the demo of GenuineFractals. It's advertised to do exactly what you want. Your mileage may vary :)

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

05/20/2007 01:39:39 AM · #3

Thanks Neil, I'll give it a go

fotomann_forever

05/20/2007 01:39:41 AM · #4

Gonna be tough for sure. I was about to head to bed, but will see what I can do tomorrow. Can't promise a lot though.

BeeCee

Nikon D40

05/20/2007 02:04:00 AM · #5

I don't know if this is any better or not.
Now that I've seen the genuine fractals suggestion I'm off to try it :)

RainMotorsports

Nikon D60

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR

05/20/2007 02:09:01 AM · #6

Just to give u a quick idea of what the GF demo will give you.

A little bit of tweaking can be done.

Message edited by author 2007-05-20 02:09:14.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR

05/20/2007 02:14:35 AM · #7

Thanks Sheila!!

WOW ....that certainly is impressive Jeff. Is the logo on it yours? or is that part of the demo version.

RainMotorsports

Nikon D60

05/20/2007 02:16:42 AM · #8

Originally posted by suemack:

Thanks Sheila!!

WOW ....that certainly is impressive Jeff. Is the logo on it yours? or is that part of the demo version.

Part of the demo version sorry lol.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

05/20/2007 03:02:44 AM · #9

Bout halfway through the d/l. Am hoping it's going to be compatible with ps7. It says that it's compatible with CS2 and CS3, ps elements 4 and up. Fingers crossed.

BeeCee

Nikon D40

05/20/2007 03:13:24 AM · #10

Yeah... fully functional 30-day free trial...
What they DON'T tell you is that you get those lovely watermarks so, tho' it may function, it's unusable :(

05/20/2007 03:39:23 AM · #11

Downloaded it, don't have the system requirements to run it! If I want to keep trying I need to d/l a microsoft 250MB 'bit'. Talk about frustrating!

How do I uninstall the file I d/l if it's not fully installed, just in a folder on my desktop waiting to be installed?

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

05/20/2007 03:40:21 AM · #12

Originally posted by BeeCee:

Yeah... fully functional 30-day free trial...
What they DON'T tell you is that you get those lovely watermarks so, tho' it may function, it's unusable :(

Bit like the Fluid Mask trial I d/l......works a treat, but you can't save the file!

BeeCee

Nikon D40

05/20/2007 03:46:35 AM · #13

If nothing installed you should be able to just delete the file?

05/20/2007 03:47:29 AM · #14

Only so much can be done from a 7Kb original of 176x144 pixels.
Hope this helps somehow.

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ETA each image links

Message edited by author 2007-05-20 03:53:52.

05/20/2007 03:49:59 AM · #15

Thank you Brad! May I send that to her?

05/20/2007 03:51:41 AM · #16

Well of course silly.
;)

05/20/2007 03:55:38 AM · #17

((((hugs))))

ps .... so I just chuck the unopened file into the wastebasket and delete? And that gets rid of it off the computer? I looked in my programs but cos it's not installed it ain't there

05/20/2007 03:56:47 AM · #18

By the way Brad .... how did you do it?

05/20/2007 04:31:09 AM · #19

Ummm...
A whole bunch of steps? (make sure you click the View full-sized image link to see the whole thing)

Small upsizing steps, bicubic smoother, then a downsize small step in bicubic sharper, then alternate sharpening methods, between motion blur and lens blur. When doing the motion blur, I set the plane horizontally first, run it, then run again in vertical. Run a few more upsizing steps, downsizing, manual sharpening locally, made some levels and white balance adjustments globally as well as seleted areas.

Stuff like that - took a few tries to find the combination.
Did I mention a few steps?

;)

05/20/2007 04:40:44 AM · #20

Hehe ..... just one or two! I obviously took the resizing way to quickly which is why I ended up with my pixelated mess.

fotomann_forever

05/20/2007 01:48:10 PM · #21

Glad Brad got to it. I don't think I've could have done that well. WTG Brad.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II

05/20/2007 10:35:58 PM · #22

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Glad Brad got to it. I don't think I've could have done that well. WTG Brad.

Thanks!
Took a few tries to find the right combination of resizing steps.

bergiekat

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

05/20/2007 10:52:05 PM · #23

Bratly...your brain holds far too much useful information when it comes to using Photoshop. :P WTG!
Edited for typo.

Message edited by author 2007-05-20 23:19:55.

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

05/20/2007 11:12:36 PM · #24

I am happy for

suemack that you got that image to look so good, and impressed with the result. Go

Brad !