Okay, my husband and daughter travel hours to the beach just for pictures on the beach. We had someone take them on our camera. When we try to upload the photos to make them into a holiday greeting card it says that the resolution is too low and I need at least 1024x768 pixels. I am not good with cameras at all but I have heard you can fix the resolution without having to take the picture again.
Does anyone know how to increase the resolution/pixels??? Please, I am desperate!
2007-12-04 01:58:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
It's a Sony Cybershot 3.2 mega pixels
2007-12-04 02:17:31 · update #1
You can easily resize with a free, easy to use program at irfanview.com but I think you are going to disappointed with the end result no matter what program you use; you really needed to shoot it with the correct quality setting in the first place. Sorry to give you the bad news, I know you must be disappointed.
2007-12-04 02:44:34 · answer #1 · answered by Perki88 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you need Photoshop or some other photo editing software. It is certainly not going to make up for a properly taken pic, however your pixel resolution size will increase.
If you are using Photoshop:
Open document in Photoshop >
on the menu bar go to Image > Image Size >
(this will open a window where you can determine the pixel dimensions: width and height in pixels, or the document size and resolution [pixels per inch])
Increase the resolution to 300 pixels per inch (print quality), at this point you might want to reduce the document size, for example you don't need a document 15 x 19 inches large! Or you can manually insert an appropriate width and height pixel dimensions that meet the required 1024x768 pixels. Make sure the "Constrain Proportions" option is checked. Click OK, and viola!
You can download a trial version of Photoshop Elements here:
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/
And tutorials here:
http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/
I recommend the investment, but certainly try it out first. :)
2007-12-04 02:20:37 · answer #2 · answered by Selene VT 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you could find the photo on your computer and tell us the resolution of the image or images, it could help us figure out something. Maybe you fixed a photo or cropped it, and therefore it resized your original. Or maybe you are not using the correct image. How does that image compare in resolution and file size to the others. The only info we're going off of is that your image is less than 1024 x 768. But you might have a photo on your computer that's higher than that, if there is, problem solved.
2007-12-04 07:06:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can resize the pictures in Microsoft paint for all it matters, but you are in for some disappointment when you go to print them. They aren't going to look like normal pictures, rather they are going to be very grainy and not worth framing. It sounds like you had your camera set on the worst resolution possible for these shots.
Using a digital camera goes hand-in-hand with being able to use a computer. If you can't do both, I'd stick to film for now.
2007-12-04 02:12:00 · answer #4 · answered by It's the hair 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋