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Subject: [Leica] Upsizing
From: chandos at cox.net (Chandos Michael Brown)
Date: Thu Sep 15 06:21:00 2005

Nathan,

The P&S crack was a joke. I made the image with an Olympus E1; it's a 16 bit
RAW file that I converted to a 16 bit TIFF.

Thanks, all, for the information!

Cheers!

Chandos

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Nathan
Wajsman
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 11:45 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Upsizing

Hi Chandos,

First of all, the image is beautiful, as other have said, and I also 
agree with the selection of the horizontal rather than the vertical shot.

Now to your question. The way I upsize images for Alamy (which requires 
at least 48 MB at 8 bits) is with Photoshop: Image Size (with the box 
"resample image" checked) and the method set to "bicubic smoother". I 
then just type the desired pixel size in the box corresponding to the 
long side. In your case, for an 11x14 print, you need the long side to 
be at least 200*14=2800 pixels, so that is the value you would type in. 
Make sure the "constrain proportion" box is also checked, then the short 
side will automatically be upsized as well.

However...you mention shooting with a P&S, so I assume that you shot it 
as a JPEG. If that is indeed the case, don't expect miracles. When I 
upsize, I am working from a RAW file saved as a 16-bit TIFF. Working 
from an 8-bit JPEG you might get some artifacts and other undesireable 
side effects (depending on how large your image is to begin with). So be 
prepared for perhaps having to settle for an 8x10 instead. Despite the 
magic of Photoshop, you cannot make something out of nothing, or as we 
economists always say: There is no free lunch!

Good luck,
Nathan

Chandos Michael Brown wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I want to secure an 11x14 print of the image you've been looking at.  Does
> anyone have any advice as to the best way to resize the image for a
> commercially produced print?  I confess that I'm a babe in the woods when
it
> comes to this, and I will be deeply grateful for any advice.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Chandos
> 
> 
> 
> 
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-- 
Nathan Wajsman
Almere, The Netherlands

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