Question for those handy with paint shop pro
Discussion
Hey all, so I have a colleague who draws cartoons by scanning in an image and then drawing on top of it, and basically he has put a lot of work into a particular drawing and has ended up with a 300x600 pixel sized(IIRC) JPEG image, done using paint shop pro.
Now he wants to blow the image up, so that it becomes a good size to start printing on t-shirts, however when he does this he tells me that the image distorts and loses a lot of its definition.
My first suggestion would be using a much higher resolution image as the base point and thus being able to blow it up later without so much 'distortion' but this is apparently not possible due to the time spent creating this work.
I realise that increasing the size of an image will literally just increase the pixel size and hence reduce quality, so would anyone have any suggestions on blowing this sized image up to about A3-sized without sacrificing quality???
Thanks PH!
Now he wants to blow the image up, so that it becomes a good size to start printing on t-shirts, however when he does this he tells me that the image distorts and loses a lot of its definition.
My first suggestion would be using a much higher resolution image as the base point and thus being able to blow it up later without so much 'distortion' but this is apparently not possible due to the time spent creating this work.
I realise that increasing the size of an image will literally just increase the pixel size and hence reduce quality, so would anyone have any suggestions on blowing this sized image up to about A3-sized without sacrificing quality???
Thanks PH!
It might be possible to use a vector outlining program to go over the cartoon. This will then be resolution independent and can be scaled up to almost any size.
There are also some clever 'upscaling' algorithms which can help a bit, but if he's done it at 72/96dpi and it's the size of a post-it note then he's going to need to get it to 300dpi and scaled by a factor of 16x or so to make it useable.
Don't think PSP has that facility though, so unless there's something freeware/shareware available on the PC I think he's stuck with doing it again at a higher resolution.
There are also some clever 'upscaling' algorithms which can help a bit, but if he's done it at 72/96dpi and it's the size of a post-it note then he's going to need to get it to 300dpi and scaled by a factor of 16x or so to make it useable.
Don't think PSP has that facility though, so unless there's something freeware/shareware available on the PC I think he's stuck with doing it again at a higher resolution.
I think the old Corel artwork programs would solve his problem. He would have to Corel trace to vector all the outlines then save it as a pdf.Then open it using illustrator to replace the colour. (Corel trace works best in B&W). Assuming it is in solid colours, then its not a difficult job just a time consuming one.
Basically there is no easy way to upsize it without it pixelating, although there are some programs that claim this.
If he wants to do the artwork justice it will basically need converting to vector format, and there are several ways of doing this.
I'm sure if you post up the jpeg several of us would have a go at converting it and post the results.
If he wants to do the artwork justice it will basically need converting to vector format, and there are several ways of doing this.
I'm sure if you post up the jpeg several of us would have a go at converting it and post the results.
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