Upgrading Low Res Photos: Hi All, Some years ago I shot a wedding and made a terrible mistake in post processing them. I ran them through PSE 7 and did a "Multiple File Process" in...

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Dec 9, 2013 18:05:42 #

twindad Loc: SW Michigan, frolicking in the snow.

Hi All,

Some years ago I shot a wedding and made a terrible mistake in post processing them. I ran them through PSE 7 and did a "Multiple File Process" in which I added my name and the year. What I should have done (and yeah, I know now!) was to have immediately made a full copy of all shots when I got home. But, I didn't.
Anyway, when I did the processing, I didn't see that I was also saving them as very low res shots. Pretty much guaranteed that they'd never be able to make any prints bigger than 4x6.
Now, please don't tell me what I should have done. This was four years ago and I've learned all kinds of things since then.
My question is this - Are there any programs available that will up the res quality of these shots? I've always felt horrible about this screwup, and I'd certainly be willing to spend some money and time to rectify the situation, if I can. I'll hang up and wait for my answer.
Thanks!

Dec 9, 2013 18:18:07 #

fotogk Loc: Tuftonboro, NH

There are programs that can do it. you can also do it with photoshop and an action. If you have photoshop let me know and I will send you step by step instructions

Dec 9, 2013 18:28:58 #

Ernie Misner Loc: Lakewood, WA

What software are you now using? Usually I would go to "size/resolution" I think and type in a larger file size while making sure that Resample is checked. That way it will make up some new pixels during the process. Of course this is not as good as having a high res file to start with. Better software for doing that is On One's enlarging software.

Dec 9, 2013 19:21:48 #

Rongnongno Loc: FL

twindad wrote:

Hi All, br br Some years ago I shot a wedding and... (show quote)

Nope, NOTHING can repair this, not with a respectable quality that is.

All will use an algorithm to achieve an approximation of what should be there. If you are a window user you can do it with the least amount of money using the free 're-size picture' that works within MS Explorer.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cumgranosalis/archive/2007/07/30/image-resizer-for-vista-and-xp-just-a-right-click-away-from-explorer.aspx
http://imageresizer.codeplex.com/
http://www.obviousidea.com/windows-software/light-image-resizer/

Dec 9, 2013 19:39:22 #

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

I have had very good luck with "faststone Resize" free from Faststone.org
The Program is free and will do Bicubic.

Prior to resizing I use Topaz DeNoise, DeJPEG to pre-clean, but other cleanup programs can be used. Key is to enlarge as clean a photo as you can achieve.

Dec 9, 2013 21:57:01 #

twindad Loc: SW Michigan, frolicking in the snow.

Thanks all, for your helpful answers.
Fotogk, I'm running PSE.
Dpullum, I'll try fastone. Thanks!
Rongnongno, thanks for those links. I'll look at them all.

Dec 10, 2013 01:52:00 #

Ernie Misner Loc: Lakewood, WA

Perfect Resize is the name of On One's software. Before that it was called Perfect Fractals.

Dec 10, 2013 09:52:06 #

photophool Loc: Grosse Pointe Park, MI

A professional photographer I know regularly increases the resolution of photos. He uses Photoshop, but the secret is to increase resolution by no more than 2 or 3% at one time. Yes, multiple passes will be necessary, but the results will be much better than doing one large change. I believe Elements will allow batch processing of multiple images.

Dec 10, 2013 10:58:01 #

GreenReaper

twindad wrote:

Hi All, br br Some years ago I shot a wedding and... (show quote)

Sorry amigo, you are stuck with what you have. You might try making a hi res scan of the hard copies, but even that is going to give debatable results. Chalk it up to experience.

Dec 10, 2013 11:02:52 #

Wall-E Loc: Phoenix, AZ

Ernie Misner wrote:

Perfect Resize is the name of On One's software. Before that it was called Perfect Fractals.

And they have 30 day trials available.
http://www.ononesoftware.com/

Dec 10, 2013 11:44:31 #

albertaoldie Loc: Lloydminster Alberta

Photoshop and upsize several times in small increments, however someone on this forum recently chastised this advice as being outdated as the newest version of photoshop is capable of doing the resize in one go with the same results. Not positive who is correct but my best results have been with OnOne's resize, previously called Genuine Fractals. Recently had Costco print a 24x36 inch picture from an older camera that should have only been capable of a high quality 8x10 with excellent results, once processed via Perfect resize...hope this helps.

Dec 10, 2013 11:48:28 #

g0sub Loc: Torbay, Devon,UK

Wall-E wrote:

And they have 30 day trials available.
http://www.ononesoftware.com/

It's good

:thumbup:

Dec 10, 2013 12:11:51 #

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Wall-E wrote:

And they have 30 day trials available.
http://www.ononesoftware.com/

I have the OnOne suite and use Perfect Resize quite a bit with photos submitted to me for publication.
It amazes me how many professional speakers have such bad promo photos.
Even a photo from Target looks better than a lot of what I've been sent this year.
Several were from iPhones.

Genuine Fractals was the former name of Perfect Resize.
OnOne acquired it several years ago.

Dec 10, 2013 13:09:36 #

rfmaude41 Loc: Lancaster, Texas (DFW area)

Ernie Misner wrote:

Perfect Resize is the name of On One's software. Before that it was called Perfect Fractals.

Inside of Perfect Resize, you get a choice ("Perfect Resize" or "Genuine Fractals") :D

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