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PHOTO ENLARGEMENT SOFTWARE

Photography has become very popular because of the accessibility to equipment and the amount of resources we can find online about the topic. Even if you don't have an expensive high-end camera, you most likely have a camera on a portable device (eg. cell phone or tablet).

We've discussed and reviewed the various digital editing software available for editing photos. This is great if you want to edit and share your photos online, or you know the image quality will come out beautiful on a print. But what if you have a photo you know will not look good when it is enlarged? There is software available that can enlarge photos and improve the appearance by blurring and softening out noise, pixelation and graininess. But keep in mind, this softening or blurring effect may alter how the original image looks. If you plan on making very large prints, these programs will not enhance the resolution without tweaking the overall appearance. If you haven't read our guide to image resolution, we go in-depth about this topic and why there is no easy fix to increase an image's quality.

In this article, we will look at five programs that can be used to enlarge photos. These programs have automated features that will enlarge your photos quickly and without much effort.

SUMMARY

Image Resolution	Softwares for Enlarging Photos
We will quickly go over image resolution before getting into the different software. Please read our full article on image resolution for more information.	On1 Perfect Resize SmillaEnlarger Gimp IrfanView Adobe Photoshop

IMAGE RESOLUTION

We will quickly touch on image resolution before we get into the article. However, we highly recommend you checking out our guide to image resolution.

'High resolution' is a relatively subjective term which depends on various factors including, notably, how picky or experienced the photographer is. It is more objective to consider the term 'resolution' on its own. The terms 'high resolution' and 'DPI/PPI' are most commonly used when trying to describe an image's quality.

One common mistake that people make, when they are resizing their image, is changing the resolution/DPI of their image. By increasing the number, they are actually 'stretching out' the image.

When the number increases, the pixel dimensions will also increase. Increasing the over dimensions of the image, means we would need to have more pixels to 'fill' the new size. For example, if the image is 72 DPI and we increase it to 300 DPI, we aren't adding new pixels to the image, we have to inflate the pixels so that it can fill the larger size. This is how pixelation occurs, since the pixels are being stretched they become more visible.

Other terms that are used to describe a low quality image are noise, graininess and blurriness. Sometimes the image is already noisy or blurry, but when it is enlarge these effects are amplified; it doesn't necessarily happen after it has been enlarged, like pixelation does. Noise and graininess are present in all photos but most of the times it is near invisible. The visibility of noise and graininess is tied to how much light is going into the camera. This is usually based on the ISO setting on a camera. A blurry photo is usually just the result of a shaky hand or movement in the image. This can be avoided by using a tripod or monopod.

Enlarging this 600x400 pixel photo will result in a low quality priint.

By enlarging this photo to 9600x6400 pixels (four times it's original size), it becomes pixelated.

ON1 PERFECT RESIZE

On1 is a company that focuses on making photography based apps to simplify the editing process. Their Perfect Resize software claims to be able to enlarge photos up to 1000%, while maintaining the best image quality for print. The product is described as using 'Genuine Fractals' to optimize photos when they are enlarged.

A useful feature that comes with the software is the ability to install it as a plug-in in Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. However, we will be testing out the stand-alone software for this article.

The program is very straight forward, you open your photo and the resizing tool bar will appear on the side. We enlarged our image to 4 times the original size and we noticed that image is still relatively clear. There is a noticeable softening effect but we don't think it takes away from the overall image. You have the option of changing the texture, smoothness and sharpness of your image. Once you like what you see in the preview, hit apply and your photo becomes enlarged. In our example, we did not tweak it with any of the other features.

When you save the file you have the option of

Best Photo Enlargement Software