Digital BW, The Print

I have some very old digital images shot with a Sony Mavica. They range 
from 50KB to 800KB. I would like to print them in B&W. Might there be a 
way of improving the quality since the size is so small? I would like 
at least 8x10 prints prefably 11x14.

No there is not, they will be either pixelated and/or soft. Unless  
you are looking for some special look, print them small. There is  
sometimes something nice about a small image, perhaps print it on a  
sheet of 11x14, give it lots of "breathing room".
Mark

On Aug 3, 2007, at 9:30 AM, stanleybutterfass wrote:

> I have some very old digital images shot with a Sony Mavica. They  
> range
> from 50KB to 800KB. I would like to print them in B&W. Might there  
> be a
> way of improving the quality since the size is so small? I would like
> at least 8x10 prints prefably 11x14.
>

Mark is probably right, but if you wanted to experiment, you could try copying
the files, saving
them as TIFFs, and then upscaling them using either an application like Genuine
Fractals, or
resizing them in Photoshop in 10% increments of increasing size.  If you're
using a RIP like
Imageprint, you may not need to get as many pixels per inch as you think in
order to get a nice
looking print.

Stephen Petegorsky




Quoting stanleybutterfass <swb@...>:

> I have some very old digital images shot with a Sony Mavica. They range
> from 50KB to 800KB. I would like to print them in B&W. Might there be a
> way of improving the quality since the size is so small? I would like
> at least 8x10 prints prefably 11x14.
>
>

Yes, We all have standards and those depend on the image. So if these hold a
special place in your heart, I'd agree with Stephen and try a "save as"  to
TIF and upscale in PS to a little larger. You can also use Lightroom to
resize and see if that makes you happy. Lastly your output would be best
served by using a RIP or Qimage. The 50KB file is just too small for my
taste but some 800KB can get to a 8x10 if the subject works OK.

 

I also suspect that noise may be a big issue as well as the pixilation. 

 

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Mark is probably right, but if you wanted to experiment, you could try
copying
the files, saving
them as TIFFs, and then upscaling them using either an application like
Genuine
Fractals, or
resizing them in Photoshop in 10% increments of increasing size. If you're
using a RIP like
Imageprint, you may not need to get as many pixels per inch as you think in
order to get a nice
looking print.

Stephen Petegorsky

Quoting stanleybutterfass <swb@... <mailto:swb%40bpmi.com> >:

> I have some very old digital images shot with a Sony Mavica. They range
> from 50KB to 800KB. I would like to print them in B&W. Might there be a
> way of improving the quality since the size is so small? I would like
> at least 8x10 prints prefably 11x14.
>
>

 



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I'm your basic digital idiot & I need to make a gallery submission of 72 dpi jpegs. I have 1200 dpi tif's to
work with. What's the best way to create the requested jpegs?
-Lew S

Open the file in Photoshop (or another program), do a resize (Image
Size) to the specifications you want (you should be able to apply both
the resolution and the image pixel size), then do a Save As and select
JPEG. At this point you'll usually get to make a decision about image
quality (which affects file size also). I usually go no lower than
70-57% compression. 

In photoshop, as an alternative, instead of Save As, you can select
Save for Web from the file menu. You then get to select the
compression and see the results on-screen before you save the image. 

Best, David.  

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Lew <lew1716@...>
wrote:
>
> I'm your basic digital idiot & I need to make a gallery submission
of 72 dpi jpegs. I have 1200 dpi tif's to

> work with. What's the best way to create the requested jpegs?
> -Lew S
>

First, I'd want to know the image size, not the file size because I
don't think it gives me much information. For example, are your prints
360 pixels x 1,200 pixels, or whatever? Also, what are you printing
to: Epson inkjet, lightjet (as in online or store photolab), etc? That
can make a difference in what resolution you use: I use min. 240 DPI
for inkjet but I go lower (like 200 DPI) for lightjet prints.   

That said, there are limits to how much info. you can pull out of a
smaller images size. As suggested, I'd open in Photoshop, save as a
.tif or .psd file and then either try resizing there, or using Genuine
Fractals or BlowUp (from Alien Skin software) and see how they resize.
 I've used GF before and liked it but I was blowing up images really
big -- 8 x 12 feet for murals and it was really okay if they pixelated
a little. 

Another option would be to print small (4 x6 in for example) then scan
the images in, but I've never done this so can comment on results

Best, David.  

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
"stanleybutterfass" <swb@...> wrote:

>
> I have some very old digital images shot with a Sony Mavica. They range 
> from 50KB to 800KB. I would like to print them in B&W. Might there be a 
> way of improving the quality since the size is so small? I would like 
> at least 8x10 prints prefably 11x14.
>