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Dec 4, 2021 13:34:59   #
trapper1 Loc: Southside Virginia
 
I recently tried for the first time to save an enlarged image but the image when saved had reverted to the original size. I am using W10 and the image is in"Picures". I wanted to enlarge the image to better see the details if the item I had photographed. I searched the internet for advice but only found that I would either need a third-party program or try to wade through one of the on-line procedures that were only a shade less complicated than the instructions for making a thermocuclear device. Are these my only options or can I do this process within Windows?

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Dec 4, 2021 13:41:05   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
trapper1 wrote:
I recently tried for the first time to save an enlarged image but the image when saved had reverted to the original size. I am using W10 and the image is in"Picures". I wanted to enlarge the image to better see the details if the item I had photographed. I searched the internet for advice but only found that I would either need a third-party program or try to wade through one of the on-line procedures that were only a shade less complicated than the instructions for making a thermocuclear device. Are these my only options or can I do this process within Windows?
I recently tried for the first time to save an enl... (show quote)

If you are referring to "enlarged image" by zooming in on the Windows preview, the zoomed image is only an expanded display of the image file. It does not enlarge the image in the file, only your view of the file.

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Dec 4, 2021 13:52:31   #
Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan
 
trapper1 wrote:
I recently tried for the first time to save an enlarged image but the image when saved had reverted to the original size. I am using W10 and the image is in"Picures". I wanted to enlarge the image to better see the details if the item I had photographed. I searched the internet for advice but only found that I would either need a third-party program or try to wade through one of the on-line procedures that were only a shade less complicated than the instructions for making a thermocuclear device. Are these my only options or can I do this process within Windows?
I recently tried for the first time to save an enl... (show quote)


Do a screenshot. The easiest way is to use the Print Screen (PrtScn) key. Simply press PrtScn on the upper-right side of your keyboard and whatever was on your screen will be saved to the clipboard. You can then paste the captured screen image into any imaging program and save it from there.

https://www.lifewire.com/take-screenshots-using-windows-3507009

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Dec 4, 2021 16:02:16   #
profbowman Loc: Harrisonburg, VA, USA
 
In Win 10/11, the best way to do a screen capture is using Windows built-in Snip app for capturing the screen. Press <win logo>+S [that is, <shift)+s].

There are four options available in a little box at the top of the screen after these three keys are pressed together (left top right):
1. Rectangular snip
2. Freeform snip
3. Window snip
4. Full screen snip

Try it; it's usefull andn fun. --Richard

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Dec 5, 2021 07:28:18   #
yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey
 
Sounds like you're using an image viewer to magnify the picture, which is not increasing its actual size. To upscale an image to a larger size you'll need a program like Topaz Gigapixel (which has a free trial available).

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Dec 5, 2021 10:40:51   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
It depends on how you enlarged it. I usually use Irfanview for enlarging. I click Ctrl-R and enter the size I want. Then I save it.

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Dec 5, 2021 14:12:34   #
trapper1 Loc: Southside Virginia
 
Firstly, thanks to all who have responded with advice and suggestions. I am still trying some of them. After re-reading my initial post, I realized I had not made it clear what I would like to do. I can enlarge an image in my computer of course, but If I send the original image to someone else, they cannot enlarge it to bring out the details.. What I was trying to determine if there was a method to send the image to someone else who could then enlarge the image to show the details. Apologies if I misguided anyone on my purposes.

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Dec 5, 2021 14:57:30   #
CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska
 
yssirk123 wrote:
Sounds like you're using an image viewer to magnify the picture, which is not increasing its actual size. To upscale an image to a larger size you'll need a program like Topaz Gigapixel (which has a free trial available).


Or any other photo editing program.
…Cam

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Dec 5, 2021 15:07:25   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
trapper1 wrote:
Firstly, thanks to all who have responded with advice and suggestions. I am still trying some of them. After re-reading my initial post, I realized I had not made it clear what I would like to do. I can enlarge an image in my computer of course, but If I send the original image to someone else, they cannot enlarge it to bring out the details.. What I was trying to determine if there was a method to send the image to someone else who could then enlarge the image to show the details. Apologies if I misguided anyone on my purposes.
Firstly, thanks to all who have responded with adv... (show quote)


Keep in mind, you're not 'enlarging' the image when you click into the details. Rather, you're moving from a 'resized' version of the image to the 1:1 pixel-level details. All you need to do is crop to that the screen size to send a file that displays on another's screen as you see on your local screen.

Consider a 24MP image. This file is 6000 pixels on the long side by 4000 pixels high.

Most of us today are using screens probably 1920x1080. So that 24MP image is dynamically resized to the smaller pixel dimensions of the monitor when you view the entire image on your screen. When you click to the 1:1 details (aka 100% zoom), you are not enlarging the image. Rather, you are simply looking at a 1920x1080 crop of the larger image details. If you wanted to see that 1:1 (said: one to one) pixel-level detail of the entire image, you'd likely need a monitor more than 6-feet wide and 4-feet tall.

The introduction of this post presents more examples of this 1:1 pixel-level idea: Recommended resizing parameters for digital images. Use any of the example software above to 'crop' to what you see at the 1:1 detail to send an image showing just those details.

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Dec 5, 2021 16:13:11   #
frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.
 
jerryc41 wrote:
It depends on how you enlarged it. I usually use Irfanview for enlarging. I click Ctrl-R and enter the size I want. Then I save it.



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Dec 6, 2021 04:22:21   #
Jsykes
 
trapper1 wrote:
I recently tried for the first time to save an enlarged image but the image when saved had reverted to the original size. I am using W10 and the image is in"Picures". I wanted to enlarge the image to better see the details if the item I had photographed. I searched the internet for advice but only found that I would either need a third-party program or try to wade through one of the on-line procedures that were only a shade less complicated than the instructions for making a thermocuclear device. Are these my only options or can I do this process within Windows?
I recently tried for the first time to save an enl... (show quote)

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Dec 6, 2021 06:45:40   #
yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey
 
CamB wrote:
Or any other photo editing program.
…Cam


You're right - there are many programs that can enlarge photos, just not nearly as well as Gigapixel.

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