how do i increase picture resolution?

Question

i need to make my picture have a larger resolution for my yearbook class. apparently the program takes 300 resolution or higher. when i tried to resize it bigger on Microsoft Picture Manager, it did not change the resolution from 96. am i doing something wrong? how do i make this picture have more resolution? and i don't care if it "decreases the value and stretches it." i can play with the picture box so it won't look as bad.

Answer 1

Read and study your Owner's Manual. There should be settings for different file sizes. Choose the one that has the highest resolution. Your menu might say "Fine" or something to that effect.

Answer 2

Just go here http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/tryout.html and click "Download Now" for a 30-day free trial. Decide if you want to keep using it and pay $99.00. I have seen Photoshop Elements going on sale with $25 rebates in some stores, so you might find a better deal locally. Try it for free first, though.

You can resize with this prigram easily. It's true that taking your image from 96 ppi to 300 dpi will not add detail or make it a better quality, but if you have to meet the standards of your printer, changing the resolution is just fine.

Answer 3

You, essentially can't. You can change the numbers, but the result will only by larger, blocky pixels. No software can add details that were not captured when the image was taken.

There are ways to, kind of "fake it" in Photoshop, but it is a slighlty complicated process and the results are not much of an improvement. And, even this procedure will not be very successful with a jump form 96 DPI to 300 DPI.

Answer 4

If you're scanning, scan at a higher resolution

If you can bring it into Photoshop, go to Image > Image Size and enter a new number in the "resolution" field

For best results you'll want to rescan it

Answer 5

no, crap in crap out