I need help to blow up a picture on the computer!!?

Question

I have this cool picture and it's like blue and black circles with gray stripes in the back. So yeah it's really small and when I try to blow it up it gets blurry. So I was wondering if someone has a bigger version of this picture or if they know how to make it bigger without it getting blurry? please help!!

Answer 1

Most of the pics we see on the web are put out there in small file versions to make them faster for us to load. Unfortunately that means a relatively small number of pixels, suitable only for a small screen image.

When we try to blow them up, we are trying to make something (lots of nice pixels) from essentially nothing. It usually does not work well.

The best solution would be to identify the pics owner and try to get (or buy) a larger version. Sometimes if you right click the pic and chose Properties, you can get a name.

Sometimes you can enlarge it if you don't go too big. After expansion use a Sharpen or Unsharp mask feature in photoediting software. Also increasing the Brightness and Contrast sometimes makes them look better. But there is just no magic. Sorry

Good Luck

Answer 2

A small picture cannot be blown up without losing clarity, whether it is a computer image or a film camera image.

If you want it for a desktop background, the best you can do is set your desktop background to "tile" the picture, in which case your desktop will have the picture over and over side by side.

Or get a larger version. If you remember where you got this picture, you could revisit the site and see if they offer a larger version.