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Not "cheap" but simple.
I have both Photoshop and Elements so I will certainly try your suggestion.
I just want to be able to do these enlargements quickly and efficiently without having to fiddle too much (if at all) with settings.
If you have a bunch of images to do just set up an Action in Photoshop to automate the process.
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Here is the screen capture I took earlier and enlarged 200% using Save for web & devices in Photoshop using bicubic smoother. Because it is 72dpi and a screen capture it isn't great by comparison but not bad either.
You have to click on it to see the real results as ehMac shrinks the "preview"
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If you have a bunch of images to do just set up an Action in Photoshop to automate the process.
I don't think I can....
The photos I start with are anywhere from 400 to 800 pixels wide.
I need to enlarge them to either 1200 pixels wide or 1400 to 1600 pixels wide if I need to crop.
So the enlargement percentage as well as the original and final size vary from photograph to photograph.
I also just tried a sample picture I enlarged yesterday using Preview, I went from 800 pixels to 1600 pixels wide - doing that in Elements was fast and easy but the resulting image was really no better than what I got using preview.
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I don't think I can....
The photos I start with are anywhere from 400 to 800 pixels wide.
I need to enlarge them to either 1200 pixels wide or 1400 to 1600 pixels wide if I need to crop.
So the enlargement percentage as well as the original and final size vary from photograph to photograph.
I also just tried a sample picture I enlarged yesterday using Preview, I went from 800 pixels to 1600 pixels wide - doing that in Elements was fast and easy but the resulting image was really no better than what I got using preview.
I don't have Elements so I don't know if you have the option to choose the resampling method or not... however starting with such small photos to begin with is always going to yield only so-so results.
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Again you have to click on the images to see the real results.
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I don't have Elements so I don't know if you have the option to choose the resampling method or not... however starting with such small photos to begin with is always going to yield only so-so results.
Yes, you do.
It's not the default but I selected the one you recommended which is also shown as "best for enlargements"
Don't get me wrong, the results were so-so acceptable, just not visibly any better than what I got using preview.
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Yes, I can see that.
But with the colour photo the difference is not noticeable; I'll have to check and try a few different ones to see.
Maybe try PS as opposed to Elements it is after all a consumer version and it's resampling may not be as robust as PS.
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OK, I'll have to try that later....
Thanks for all the help and suggestions.
Most welcome...
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