Old 223kb JPG to A3 canvas - possible?

BenEadir

Hi,

I'm just a regular point and shoot at family weddings and parties etc fella so please go easy on me.

My wife's Dad passed away a few years ago and her Mum would like a favourite picture I took (can't remember with what but an old digital camera of some sort) cropped and printed on A3.

The original photo is 2272 x 1704 pixels and 1.7mb. When cropped down to show just my wife's Mum and Dad it ends up being 814 x 578 pixels and 223kb.

What I'd like to know is whether there is anything I can do to enhance the quality of the cropped picture so that it won't look all pixelated when printed on A3 canvas?

I'm pretty sure I know the answer but just thought I'd ask anyway as a good quality print of this particular shot would mean so much to my wife and her Mum.

Cheers all,

Ben

sineadw

What software do you have access to? If you have photoshop or similar there *may* be something you can do. If you want you can email it to me and I can try? hello at sineadmcdonald dot com

BenEadir

Hi Sinead,

I just have Picasa so would really appreciate your offer. I know you can't turn a sows ear into a silk purse but anything you can do would be a big improvement over what I can do!!

I'll email it over to you.

Cheers,

Ben

SteveBabyface

You can get away with a lot more on canvs than you can on a print 175ppi is the limiting paper before you start to see very obvious degradation of an image. On canvas you can got a bit lower because of the texture.

Being practical you will not be able to print a 'decent' A3 canvas, but you will be able to print something depending on how good you are using photoshop. Even then a digital image will only go so far.

magicbastarder

that image will work out at 50dpi on A3; sounds low, but not *massively* lower than a standard screen resolution.

SteveBabyface

There is a big difference between screen and print resolutions. I would suggest that you get the resolution up to at least 130ppi to get an 'acceptable' print.

BenEadir

Thanks for the info guys. I sent the image over to Sinead so anything she does will be an improvement over what I have or can do myself.

Ben

stcstc

there are some clever tricks you can do

one option is not to print the actual image to a3, ie put it on an a3 canvas but maybe put other things on there too

sineadw

emailed. Hope it works

shemwhistler

This is probably a really stupid thought, but here goes.

Is there any benefit to printing the original 2mb file to a x 4 print, then scanning it in at a really high resolution, would that give you anything more to work with.

As I say, probably pointless, but it's too early on a Monday morning for me to wrap my head round the maths.

sineadw

shemwhistler wrote: »

This is probably a really stupid thought, but here goes.

Is there any benefit to printing the original 2mb file to a x 4 print, then scanning it in at a really high resolution, would that give you anything more to work with.

As I say, probably pointless, but it's too early on a Monday morning for me to wrap my head round the maths.

Photoshop is actually relatively good at resampling an image up

BenEadir

Hi everyone,

I just want to publicly state my appreciation to Sinead for the work she did on the image. I'm sure it will now print to A3 canvas fairly well and bring a lot of happiness to my mother in law.

Thanks again Sinead.

Ben

shemwhistler

sineadw wrote: »

Photoshop is actually relatively good at resampling an image up

Good to know, unfortunately my photoshop fu is weak

HoseaGray2011

Photoshop is actually relatively good

CabanSail

I would suggest sending the file to be printed by someone who knows what they are doing, rather than a cheaper mass printing place.

stcstc, who posted above in this thread, knows more about this stuff than anyone else I have met. It is more likely you will get a quality canvas from him than a cheapo place.

BenEadir

CabanSail wrote: »

I would suggest sending the file to be printed by someone who knows what they are doing, rather than a cheaper mass printing place.

stcstc, who posted above in this thread, knows more about this stuff than anyone else I have met. It is more likely you will get a quality canvas from him than a cheapo place.

I may well do that Caban, thanks.

The Mother in law was given one of those Groupon vouchers for Hello Canvas so that'll be getting used this time but if it's crap or other members of the family decide they want a version I'll certainly point them in the direction of http://www.360-dpi.com.

Cheers,

Ben

jpb1974

The Mother in law was given one of those Groupon vouchers for Hello Canvas

I purchased 3 of these and they arrived last week.

I have to say, I'm no connoisseur of fine printing but I was very pleased with the results.

That being said the JPG files I sent to them were 7.5mb, 8mb and 14.9mb in size.

stcstc

actually the print and scan method can work

i just did it for an artist in the dublin contemporary exhibition, took an A4 is print and blew it up to 5meters by 4 meters

now i know its printed on a sign printer and hung on the outside of a building, but for a decent viewing distance it looks ok