Software for enlarging photos

Makavelli · 1 May 2008 at 23:35

I know that you can't take and 800*600 resolution photo and blow it up to poster size because it will look crap. What i am wondering is can someone point me in the direction of software that will take an image file, and somehow change it to a higher resolution suitable for posters etc.

EDIT:
Okay did a quick google and i have downloaded a demo of Blowup which is a photoshop plugin. Can anyone recommend any freeware/standalone applications?

Messiah Khan · 1 May 2008 at 23:55

gimp

Its a free and opensource photoshop type program.

Makavelli · 2 May 2008 at 10:19

I have gimp but for some reason assumed that i would need some special piece of software to be able to do it properly.

rpstewart · 2 May 2008 at 11:17

What resolution is the original and what size do you want to print? I've got some A2+ prints which were done from 4Mp originals with no resizing, sure they're a bit blocky right close up but when do you get within 6 inches of a poster?

Irish_Tom · 2 May 2008 at 11:31

If you can afford it then Genuine Fractals 5. I'm not saying you're going to get poster size prints from a 600x800 72dpi jpg but it's very good.

Panzer

Attu90 · 2 May 2008 at 20:41

Ive been using genuine fractals for a long time now and you can get some amazing results with it.

Bolerus · 3 May 2008 at 23:08

downloaded a trial version of genuine fractals, and to be completely honest I wasnt impressed.

Yeah it does the job better than photoshop does on its own, no denying that.

But the cost is massive for what it is. Best price i have seen is £125 which is a lot for a plug in in my opinion,

ShakenNstirred · 4 May 2008 at 17:10

tried to use genuine fractals on my vista 64bit with elements 6 and it keeps crashing.
anyone else have the same problem?