My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about half
an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print larger?
Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
pictures.

TIA



--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

On 1/28/2016 10:47 AM, KenK wrote:
My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about half
an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print larger?
Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
pictures.

TIA

If you try to make a photo larger, it will usually pixelate/distort
which looks bad. You might be able to increase the saturation, or save
as a .bmp which has more picture detail, and then increase the size a
little bit, but it depends on the original format of the photo.

Old school methods are to make a copy negative of the original photo
using a larger format than the original, then you can print the original
as a larger photo without obvious distortions.

--
Maggie

On 01/28/2016 10:47 AM, KenK wrote:
My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about half
an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print larger?
Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
pictures.

TIA






I have just spent three full months scanning my negatives because at the
age of 66 I have finally been recognized as a photographer and now have
a fine arts dealer to represent me.

In short, all you have to do is resize the photo to 8 x 11


Note: Although any photo software can do that, unless you use a good
program such as Photoshop *which can re-sample the image* you will lose
information when the size is increased and you will have a poor print.


A good simple and easy to use program is iRfanview.

Even though it's free, it's very good and I sent the guy a contribution


Here are instructions

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...ing-irfanview/


Here is where you can get IRfanview


http://www.irfanview.com/



Note: Before you begin, have the person email you a decent sized jpeg if
they have not already done so.


If it's a 75k file for example, there will just plain not be enough info
to work with...you'd want a file size to begin with of at least 1 meg or so

On 1/28/2016 11:08 AM, philo wrote:
On 01/28/2016 10:47 AM, KenK wrote:
My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about
half
an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print
larger?
Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
pictures.

TIA






I have just spent three full months scanning my negatives because at the
age of 66 I have finally been recognized as a photographer and now have
a fine arts dealer to represent me.

In short, all you have to do is resize the photo to 8 x 11


Note: Although any photo software can do that, unless you use a good
program such as Photoshop *which can re-sample the image* you will lose
information when the size is increased and you will have a poor print.


A good simple and easy to use program is iRfanview.

Even though it's free, it's very good and I sent the guy a contribution


Here are instructions

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...ing-irfanview/



Here is where you can get IRfanview


http://www.irfanview.com/



Note: Before you begin, have the person email you a decent sized jpeg if
they have not already done so.


If it's a 75k file for example, there will just plain not be enough info
to work with...you'd want a file size to begin with of at least 1 meg or so

Making a small image larger will rarely produce a quality image. OTOH,
resizing will work if you have a large image and want to make it smaller.

If you only have a smaller version of an image to print, print that
image, take a photo of it making sure the dimension settings are larger,
and the copy "negative" of the smaller image will usually print larger
photos and maintain the image quality.

--
Maggie

On 01/28/2016 11:38 AM, Muggles wrote:
X

http://www.irfanview.com/



Note: Before you begin, have the person email you a decent sized jpeg if
they have not already done so.


If it's a 75k file for example, there will just plain not be enough info
to work with...you'd want a file size to begin with of at least 1 meg or so

Making a small image larger will rarely produce a quality image. OTOH,
resizing will work if you have a large image and want to make it smaller.



Photoshop and IRFanview are very good at interpolation. I have gotten
great quality prints by simply re-sampling. There is of course a limit.
That's why I told the OP that if the file size he's working with is 75k
for example...then forget it.

With a 1 meg jpg, there is probably enough information there to re-sample


If you only have a smaller version of an image to print, print that
image, take a photo of it making sure the dimension settings are larger,
and the copy "negative" of the smaller image will usually print larger
photos and maintain the image quality.

That would work but assumes the OP has the equipment and know-how to do so.

On 1/28/2016 12:17 PM, philo wrote:
On 01/28/2016 11:38 AM, Muggles wrote:
X

http://www.irfanview.com/



Note: Before you begin, have the person email you a decent sized jpeg if
they have not already done so.


If it's a 75k file for example, there will just plain not be enough info
to work with...you'd want a file size to begin with of at least 1 meg
or so

Making a small image larger will rarely produce a quality image. OTOH,
resizing will work if you have a large image and want to make it smaller.



Photoshop and IRFanview are very good at interpolation. I have gotten
great quality prints by simply re-sampling. There is of course a limit.
That's why I told the OP that if the file size he's working with is 75k
for example...then forget it.

With a 1 meg jpg, there is probably enough information there to re-sample

He did say the image was about 4"x 5". It depends on the compression the
image he was sent was saved to - it could be made a little larger.

It depends on how large he wants the final print to be and how much blur
and distortion he's willing to overlook even with a 1mb file.


If you only have a smaller version of an image to print, print that
image, take a photo of it making sure the dimension settings are larger,
and the copy "negative" of the smaller image will usually print larger
photos and maintain the image quality.

That would work but assumes the OP has the equipment and know-how to do so.

He said he's not familiar with working with Photoshop, so he could play
with irfanview and learn the tool steps, or ask someone who knows how to
do it to help out, or see if the person who sent it has an original
that's larger. Often times uploaded pics are sized down before upload
because of server limitations on uploads. The photo owner probably has
an original that's already larger.

--
Maggie

On 01/28/2016 12:31 PM, Muggles wrote:
On 1/28/2016 12:17 PM, philo wrote:
On 01/28/2016 11:38 AM, Muggles wrote:
X

http://www.irfanview.com/



Note: Before you begin, have the person email you a decent sized jpeg if
they have not already done so.


If it's a 75k file for example, there will just plain not be enough info
to work with...you'd want a file size to begin with of at least 1 meg
or so

Making a small image larger will rarely produce a quality image. OTOH,
resizing will work if you have a large image and want to make it smaller.



Photoshop and IRFanview are very good at interpolation. I have gotten
great quality prints by simply re-sampling. There is of course a limit.
That's why I told the OP that if the file size he's working with is 75k
for example...then forget it.

With a 1 meg jpg, there is probably enough information there to re-sample

He did say the image was about 4"x 5". It depends on the compression the
image he was sent was saved to - it could be made a little larger.

It depends on how large he wants the final print to be and how much blur
and distortion he's willing to overlook even with a 1mb file.


If you only have a smaller version of an image to print, print that
image, take a photo of it making sure the dimension settings are larger,
and the copy "negative" of the smaller image will usually print larger
photos and maintain the image quality.

That would work but assumes the OP has the equipment and know-how to do so.

He said he's not familiar with working with Photoshop, so he could play
with irfanview and learn the tool steps, or ask someone who knows how to
do it to help out, or see if the person who sent it has an original
that's larger. Often times uploaded pics are sized down before upload
because of server limitations on uploads. The photo owner probably has
an original that's already larger.



I just tried an experiment with one of the first digital images I ever
took back in 2000 when I had a 1 MP camera

Off the camera the image was 300k 5 x 7" @ 192 dpi

I used Photoshop to re-sample to 8 x 11" @ 300 dpi

It looked very good and I could notice no pixillation, it would have
made a pretty decent print

On 1/28/2016 12:17 PM, philo wrote:
On 01/28/2016 11:38 AM, Muggles wrote:
X

http://www.irfanview.com/



Note: Before you begin, have the person email you a decent sized jpeg if
they have not already done so.


If it's a 75k file for example, there will just plain not be enough info
to work with...you'd want a file size to begin with of at least 1 meg
or so

Making a small image larger will rarely produce a quality image. OTOH,
resizing will work if you have a large image and want to make it smaller.



Photoshop and IRFanview are very good at interpolation. I have gotten
great quality prints by simply re-sampling. There is of course a limit.
That's why I told the OP that if the file size he's working with is 75k
for example...then forget it.

With a 1 meg jpg, there is probably enough information there to re-sample

You are correct I believe. You can make a photo larger, but you cannot
make a bad photo any good. I often prefer to work, initially with Raw
images.

On 01/28/2016 04:26 PM, SeaNymph wrote:
On 1/28/2016 12:17 PM, philo wrote:
On 01/28/2016 11:38 AM, Muggles wrote:
X

http://www.irfanview.com/



Note: Before you begin, have the person email you a decent sized
jpeg if
they have not already done so.


If it's a 75k file for example, there will just plain not be enough
info
to work with...you'd want a file size to begin with of at least 1 meg
or so

Making a small image larger will rarely produce a quality image. OTOH,
resizing will work if you have a large image and want to make it
smaller.



Photoshop and IRFanview are very good at interpolation. I have gotten
great quality prints by simply re-sampling. There is of course a limit.
That's why I told the OP that if the file size he's working with is 75k
for example...then forget it.

With a 1 meg jpg, there is probably enough information there to re-sample

You are correct I believe. You can make a photo larger, but you cannot
make a bad photo any good. I often prefer to work, initially with Raw
images.



As far as making a bad photo good, it's just a matter of showing it to
the right person. I've seen some horrible junk that other people
loved...so who knows?

I only used RAW for a short period of time...I'm mostly into B&W and
that was just not necessary.

On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 11:08:55 -0600, philo wrote:

Here is where you can get IRfanview


http://www.irfanview.com/

Love it. You can make panoramic views, too.

Adding text, etc., grab Paint Net to use in conjunction with
IRFanview.

http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

Sample: (my cast iron)

http://oi33.tinypic.com/rmnwo5.jpg

On 1/28/2016 12:18 PM, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 11:08:55 -0600, philo wrote:

Here is where you can get IRfanview


http://www.irfanview.com/

Love it. You can make panoramic views, too.

Adding text, etc., grab Paint Net to use in conjunction with
IRFanview.

http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

Sample: (my cast iron)

http://oi33.tinypic.com/rmnwo5.jpg


Nice cast iron finish!

--
Maggie

On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 11:08:55 -0600, philo wrote in


Note: Although any photo software can do that, unless you use a good
program such as Photoshop *which can re-sample the image* you will lose
information when the size is increased and you will have a poor print.


A good simple and easy to use program is iRfanview.

Even though it's free, it's very good and I sent the guy a contribution

+1 on that.
--
Web based forums are like subscribing to 10 different newspapers
and having to visit 10 different news stands to pickup each one.
Email list-server groups and USENET are like having all of those
newspapers delivered to your door every morning.

After serious thinking philo wrote :
On 01/28/2016 10:47 AM, KenK wrote:
My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about half
an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print larger?
Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
pictures.

TIA






I have just spent three full months scanning my negatives because at the age
of 66 I have finally been recognized as a photographer and now have a fine
arts dealer to represent me.

In short, all you have to do is resize the photo to 8 x 11


Note: Although any photo software can do that, unless you use a good program
such as Photoshop *which can re-sample the image* you will lose information
when the size is increased and you will have a poor print.


A good simple and easy to use program is iRfanview.

Even though it's free, it's very good and I sent the guy a contribution


Here are instructions

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...ing-irfanview/


Here is where you can get IRfanview


http://www.irfanview.com/



Note: Before you begin, have the person email you a decent sized jpeg if they
have not already done so.


If it's a 75k file for example, there will just plain not be enough info to
work with...you'd want a file size to begin with of at least 1 meg or so

Thanks for the link to irfanview Philo.
I'm using it and like it very much.

On 01/29/2016 04:09 PM, Eagle wrote:
Af
Here are instructions

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...ing-irfanview/



Here is where you can get IRfanview


http://www.irfanview.com/



Note: Before you begin, have the person email you a decent sized jpeg
if they have not already done so.


If it's a 75k file for example, there will just plain not be enough
info to work with...you'd want a file size to begin with of at least 1
meg or so

Thanks for the link to irfanview Philo.
I'm using it and like it very much.


You are welcome...it's freeware so good that I sent Irfan a contribution


also as far as freeware goes I am sure just about everyone knows about
VLC for videos. I had a corrupted AVI the other day and after trying
all kinds of software to fix it...it was pointed out to me how VLC can
be used to repair a video by allowing it to re-index, then convert and
save. I decided to give them a contribution too.

On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:26:40 -0600, philo wrote:

VLC for videos. I had a corrupted AVI the other day and after trying
all kinds of software to fix it...it was pointed out to me how VLC can
be used to repair a video by allowing it to re-index, then convert and
save. I decided to give them a contribution too.

A poster here pointed me to VLC (credit). Converted Youtube videos to
audio files. Burn to CD music for the car system.

KenK wrote:
My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about half
an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print larger?
Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
pictures.

TIA



You have to use photo shop kind software to do what you want.
It can be done. There are many usable freeware photo editing
software. Usually new digital camera when you bought includes such
stuffs. Final result is also depends on max resolution of your printer.
I use Canon photo printer for pictures. Every thing else is by color
laser multi-function printer.

On 28 Jan 2016 16:47:27 GMT, KenK wrote:

My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about half
an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print larger?
Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
pictures.

TIA


Another reply suggested the freeware Irfanview -
http://www.irfanview.com/
I've been happily using it for many years.
With it's plug-ins it can be used for video clip viewing
as well as photo viewing & editing.
Quick & easy to download & install.
Powerful yet easy to use.
John T


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On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:47:06 -0500, wrote:

Another reply suggested the freeware Irfanview -
http://www.irfanview.com/
I've been happily using it for many years.


Paint Shop Pro is not bad either. The early versions from around 1995
were free. I still use that old version because it's easy to use, but I
also have a newer (paid) version installed. Both will coexist on the
same computer. That older free one is still around on the web. Try
oldversion.com or something like that.

| My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
| bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about
half
| an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print larger?
| Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
| pictures.

You mean that she emailed a JPG file and
you want to print it on paper? Download
the free IrfanView. Open the image in it.
Go to File - Print. It will provide various
options.

http://www.irfanview.com/main_start_engl.htm

IrfanView is a beautifully made program that';s
very compact. It's like the poor man's Photoshop,
capable of numerous functions like resize, brighten,
contrast, etc.

If you want to resize the digital image
you should convert to BMP file first. IrfanView
can also do that. JPG format is "lossy". Every
time you save it, the image is compressed by
dropping out data. Even if you don't specifically
compress it further, merely saving as JPG will
lose data. To avoid that, work in BMP and only
save as JPG if you need to email the photo or
use it online.

Note that there are limits to what you can do
with an image. And a lot of it depends on the
quality and size of the image as you received it.
Printing is typically 300 dots per inch. If you have
an image 600w x 300h on your computer screen
it's probably less than 100 dpi, so it may display
6-8" wide. But if you print that image it will come
out 2" x 1". (600 x 300 \ 300dpi) If you wanted to
print it, say, 6" x 3" you could do that with
IrfanView, but the quality would be very poor.

If you have an image in the range of 2400 x
3300 pixels you can probably print that 8x11",
but even then it will depend on the quality of
the image. Have you noticed that some photos
have tiny rectangles or squares visible in the
image? Those are known as artifacts. It's the
result of excessive compression of the image.
Once that kind of damage is done there's no way
to recapture the image data that was lost.

On 01/28/2016 11:50 AM, Mayayana wrote:
| My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
| bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about
half
| an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print larger?
| Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
| pictures.

You mean that she emailed a JPG file and
you want to print it on paper? Download
the free IrfanView. Open the image in it.
Go to File - Print. It will provide various
options.

http://www.irfanview.com/main_start_engl.htm

IrfanView is a beautifully made program that';s
very compact. It's like the poor man's Photoshop,
capable of numerous functions like resize, brighten,
contrast, etc.

If you want to resize the digital image
you should convert to BMP file first. IrfanView
can also do that. JPG format is "lossy". Every
time you save it, the image is compressed by
dropping out data. Even if you don't specifically
compress it further, merely saving as JPG will
lose data. To avoid that, work in BMP and only
save as JPG if you need to email the photo or
use it online.

Note that there are limits to what you can do
with an image. And a lot of it depends on the
quality and size of the image as you received it.
Printing is typically 300 dots per inch. If you have
an image 600w x 300h on your computer screen
it's probably less than 100 dpi, so it may display
6-8" wide. But if you print that image it will come
out 2" x 1". (600 x 300 \ 300dpi) If you wanted to
print it, say, 6" x 3" you could do that with
IrfanView, but the quality would be very poor.

If you have an image in the range of 2400 x
3300 pixels you can probably print that 8x11",
but even then it will depend on the quality of
the image. Have you noticed that some photos
have tiny rectangles or squares visible in the
image? Those are known as artifacts. It's the
result of excessive compression of the image.
Once that kind of damage is done there's no way
to recapture the image data that was lost.






All great advice.

Though there are lossless jpg editors it is a good idea to convert to an
uncompressed format prior to editing. Though there is nothing wrong with
BMP, today's standard is TIFF.

Quoting Edward Ingold:
TIFF files contain tags with additional information, like color space,
resolution and print size, and can have 16-bit/channel depth (BMP's are
limited to 8 bit).

On 1/28/2016 12:27 PM, philo wrote:
On 01/28/2016 11:50 AM, Mayayana wrote:
| My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
| bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about
half
| an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print
larger?
| Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
| pictures.

You mean that she emailed a JPG file and
you want to print it on paper? Download
the free IrfanView. Open the image in it.
Go to File - Print. It will provide various
options.

http://www.irfanview.com/main_start_engl.htm

IrfanView is a beautifully made program that';s
very compact. It's like the poor man's Photoshop,
capable of numerous functions like resize, brighten,
contrast, etc.

If you want to resize the digital image
you should convert to BMP file first. IrfanView
can also do that. JPG format is "lossy". Every
time you save it, the image is compressed by
dropping out data. Even if you don't specifically
compress it further, merely saving as JPG will
lose data. To avoid that, work in BMP and only
save as JPG if you need to email the photo or
use it online.

Note that there are limits to what you can do
with an image. And a lot of it depends on the
quality and size of the image as you received it.
Printing is typically 300 dots per inch. If you have
an image 600w x 300h on your computer screen
it's probably less than 100 dpi, so it may display
6-8" wide. But if you print that image it will come
out 2" x 1". (600 x 300 \ 300dpi) If you wanted to
print it, say, 6" x 3" you could do that with
IrfanView, but the quality would be very poor.

If you have an image in the range of 2400 x
3300 pixels you can probably print that 8x11",
but even then it will depend on the quality of
the image. Have you noticed that some photos
have tiny rectangles or squares visible in the
image? Those are known as artifacts. It's the
result of excessive compression of the image.
Once that kind of damage is done there's no way
to recapture the image data that was lost.






All great advice.

Though there are lossless jpg editors it is a good idea to convert to an
uncompressed format prior to editing. Though there is nothing wrong with
BMP, today's standard is TIFF.

Quoting Edward Ingold:
TIFF files contain tags with additional information, like color space,
resolution and print size, and can have 16-bit/channel depth (BMP's are
limited to 8 bit).

Another + for tiff files is you can preserve layers is you're working
with a composite.

--
Maggie

On 1/28/2016 11:50 AM, Mayayana wrote:
| My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
| bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about
half
| an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print larger?
| Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
| pictures.

You mean that she emailed a JPG file and
you want to print it on paper? Download
the free IrfanView. Open the image in it.
Go to File - Print. It will provide various
options.

http://www.irfanview.com/main_start_engl.htm

IrfanView is a beautifully made program that';s
very compact. It's like the poor man's Photoshop,
capable of numerous functions like resize, brighten,
contrast, etc.

If you want to resize the digital image
you should convert to BMP file first. IrfanView
can also do that. JPG format is "lossy". Every
time you save it, the image is compressed by
dropping out data. Even if you don't specifically
compress it further, merely saving as JPG will
lose data. To avoid that, work in BMP and only
save as JPG if you need to email the photo or
use it online.

Note that there are limits to what you can do
with an image. And a lot of it depends on the
quality and size of the image as you received it.
Printing is typically 300 dots per inch. If you have
an image 600w x 300h on your computer screen
it's probably less than 100 dpi, so it may display
6-8" wide. But if you print that image it will come
out 2" x 1". (600 x 300 \ 300dpi) If you wanted to
print it, say, 6" x 3" you could do that with
IrfanView, but the quality would be very poor.

If you have an image in the range of 2400 x
3300 pixels you can probably print that 8x11",
but even then it will depend on the quality of
the image. Have you noticed that some photos
have tiny rectangles or squares visible in the
image? Those are known as artifacts. It's the
result of excessive compression of the image.
Once that kind of damage is done there's no way
to recapture the image data that was lost.



It is possible to repair or restore pixels in an image by blowing it up
and cloning individual pixels that resemble the area and coloration. It
doesn't recapture the original image data, but it works to make an image
more usable.

--
Maggie

Muggles wrote:
On 1/28/2016 11:50 AM, Mayayana wrote:
| My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
| bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about
half
| an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print larger?
| Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
| pictures.

You mean that she emailed a JPG file and
you want to print it on paper? Download
the free IrfanView. Open the image in it.
Go to File - Print. It will provide various
options.

http://www.irfanview.com/main_start_engl.htm

IrfanView is a beautifully made program that';s
very compact. It's like the poor man's Photoshop,
capable of numerous functions like resize, brighten,
contrast, etc.

If you want to resize the digital image
you should convert to BMP file first. IrfanView
can also do that. JPG format is "lossy". Every
time you save it, the image is compressed by
dropping out data. Even if you don't specifically
compress it further, merely saving as JPG will
lose data. To avoid that, work in BMP and only
save as JPG if you need to email the photo or
use it online.

Note that there are limits to what you can do
with an image. And a lot of it depends on the
quality and size of the image as you received it.
Printing is typically 300 dots per inch. If you have
an image 600w x 300h on your computer screen
it's probably less than 100 dpi, so it may display
6-8" wide. But if you print that image it will come
out 2" x 1". (600 x 300 \ 300dpi) If you wanted to
print it, say, 6" x 3" you could do that with
IrfanView, but the quality would be very poor.

If you have an image in the range of 2400 x
3300 pixels you can probably print that 8x11",
but even then it will depend on the quality of
the image. Have you noticed that some photos
have tiny rectangles or squares visible in the
image? Those are known as artifacts. It's the
result of excessive compression of the image.
Once that kind of damage is done there's no way
to recapture the image data that was lost.



It is possible to repair or restore pixels in an image by blowing it up
and cloning individual pixels that resemble the area and coloration. It
doesn't recapture the original image data, but it works to make an image
more usable.

By now OP is totally confused.

On 1/28/2016 12:46 PM, Tony Hwang wrote:
Muggles wrote:
On 1/28/2016 11:50 AM, Mayayana wrote:
| My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
| bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about
half
| an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print
larger?
| Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
| pictures.

You mean that she emailed a JPG file and
you want to print it on paper? Download
the free IrfanView. Open the image in it.
Go to File - Print. It will provide various
options.

http://www.irfanview.com/main_start_engl.htm

IrfanView is a beautifully made program that';s
very compact. It's like the poor man's Photoshop,
capable of numerous functions like resize, brighten,
contrast, etc.

If you want to resize the digital image
you should convert to BMP file first. IrfanView
can also do that. JPG format is "lossy". Every
time you save it, the image is compressed by
dropping out data. Even if you don't specifically
compress it further, merely saving as JPG will
lose data. To avoid that, work in BMP and only
save as JPG if you need to email the photo or
use it online.

Note that there are limits to what you can do
with an image. And a lot of it depends on the
quality and size of the image as you received it.
Printing is typically 300 dots per inch. If you have
an image 600w x 300h on your computer screen
it's probably less than 100 dpi, so it may display
6-8" wide. But if you print that image it will come
out 2" x 1". (600 x 300 \ 300dpi) If you wanted to
print it, say, 6" x 3" you could do that with
IrfanView, but the quality would be very poor.

If you have an image in the range of 2400 x
3300 pixels you can probably print that 8x11",
but even then it will depend on the quality of
the image. Have you noticed that some photos
have tiny rectangles or squares visible in the
image? Those are known as artifacts. It's the
result of excessive compression of the image.
Once that kind of damage is done there's no way
to recapture the image data that was lost.



It is possible to repair or restore pixels in an image by blowing it up
and cloning individual pixels that resemble the area and coloration. It
doesn't recapture the original image data, but it works to make an image
more usable.

By now OP is totally confused.

yeah, or downloading irfanview and trying to make the image larger via
the instructions link someone posted.

If I were him I'd ask the image own if they had a larger file of the
image he could print out.

--
Maggie

On 1/28/2016 11:47 AM, KenK wrote:
My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about half
an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print larger?
Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
pictures.

TIA




You can copy and paste the image into something like MS Word or Open
Office and easily enlarge it by clicking it on and dragging the corner
to fit the page. You might want to rotate it to print in landscape mode.

"KenK" wrote in message ...
My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about half
an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print larger?
Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
pictures.

TIA

Email or take it to the local copy shop. Around here, it's less than $1 for 8.5x11 on good paper. $3-5 for 11x17. Well worth the cost to me.

KenK wrote:
My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about half
an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print larger?
Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
pictures.

TIA




Some programs you can set printed image any size. You can also do an image
pixel count increase. You can also modify increased pixel image by sharping
and other effects. Been awhile since I did anything. Most of m stuff worked
with Micrographix, ACDsee, Photoshop.

Greg

"gregz" wrote in message
...

KenK wrote:
My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about
half
an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print larger?
Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
pictures.

TIA




Some programs you can set printed image any size. You can also do an image
pixel count increase. You can also modify increased pixel image by sharping
and other effects. Been awhile since I did anything. Most of m stuff worked
with Micrographix, ACDsee, Photoshop.

Greg

You can also use Microsoft Publisher, I prefer to use ACDsee.

On 1/28/2016 9:47 AM, KenK wrote:
My sister emailed me (Gmail) ancient family photo. I'd like to make it
bigger - my printout clicking on the DLed photo yields a picture about half
an 8 x 11 printer page. Anyone know a simple way to make the print larger?
Hints? Suggestions? I'm unfamiliar with working with (photoshopping)
pictures.

You appear to be posting from a Windows host. Have you tried *printing*
the photo and selecting a "Full Page Print" in the Photo Printing Wizard?

You can also do this by tweeking some of the printer settings once you
have started that process.

Finally, MS has a PowerToy that is very handy for resizing photos.
It adds a "Resize Pictures" entry to the context menu for all photos
(right click on a photo, select "Resize Pictures") that lets you shrink
and enlarge photos to various predefined sizes.