Make photos or pictures bigger

• dragg

  6 Aug 10, 10:33

  without compromising the quality.

  any good and free software online?

   

• ditzy

  6 Aug 10, 10:35

  Irfanview.

• dragg

  6 Aug 10, 10:51

  thank you.

   

• dragg

  6 Aug 10, 11:03

  after resizing the picture looks the same.

   

• LatecomerX

  6 Aug 10, 20:02

  Originally posted by dragg:

  without compromising the quality.

  any good and free software online?

   

  If you mean "enlarging a bitmap while preserving its clarity and sharpness", it's not possible. An enlarged image would only contain as much details as the original one, so it would appear pixelated or blur due to a lower spatial resolution (same amount of details displayed over a larger area).

  You can try converting it into a SVG (vector) and then enlarge the image (using Photoshop/Illustrator/GIMP), but I doubt it would turn out well.

   

• ditzy

  6 Aug 10, 22:56

  dragg and me have something in common, we don't understand a word of the last post above.

• FireIce

  6 Aug 10, 22:58

  Originally posted by dragg:

  after resizing the picture looks the same.

   

  eerr..... isn't tt wat u want??

• ditzy

  6 Aug 10, 23:03

  I'm pretty sure he got what he wanted.

• LatecomerX

  7 Aug 10, 00:32

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  dragg and me have something in common, we don't understand a word of the last post above.

  Basically, when an originally small image is enlarged, it will look bad.

  

  Compare the above with this (found on Google Images):

  

• ditzy

  7 Aug 10, 00:41

  OMG, you made kitty blurred!!!

• mancha

  7 Aug 10, 00:58

  Those passport photo, they blow up, How they do it?

• dragg

  7 Aug 10, 12:45

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  eerr..... isn't tt wat u want??

  i mean the size looks the same.

   

• mancha

  8 Aug 10, 17:38

  You mean zoom in to a particular face in a group picture and blow it up?

  This depends on the quality of the original picture. Its resolution should be high, or else it would appear blurr or pixated.

• LatecomerX

  8 Aug 10, 19:03

  Originally posted by mancha:

  Those passport photo, they blow up, How they do it?

  One way would be to convert to vectors first (eg. using Genuine Fractals) then enlarge them. Of course, it can never compare to having a hi-res version of the image.

   

• dragg

  11 Aug 10, 11:54

  how?

  cannot be done?

  sianzz....

• dragg

  11 Aug 10, 14:51

  i found the solution.

  i cropped the picture.

   

• mancha

  11 Aug 10, 23:27

  Ha ha ha Microsoft Office Picture Manager could do the job.