If you want to upsize your new stock image in photo editing software like Photoshop, there’s a few things to bear in mind. Here’s a quick instructional guide to help you successfully upsize an image in Photoshop…
1. Download the maximum file size
2. Open the image in your photo editing software
3. Resize depending on the image capabilities
1. Download the maximum file size
When you’re buying an image from a stock library like 17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏß, be sure to download the maximum file size. This will make sure you get the biggest version of the image that’s available, meaning you’ll have the most flexibility when it comes to resizing the image.
When you download your purchased image from 17³Ô¹ÏÔÚÏß, you’ll see a selection of image sizes available to download, and you need to pick the biggest size available:
2. Open the image in your photo editing software
Images will be downloaded in a compressed format, so don’t panic when you’re newly purchased image says it’s only 2MB. Simply open up the image in Photoshop or other editing software, and the image will be restored to the maximum file size.
3. Resize the image
Here’s where the resolution of the image comes into play. Images are made up of pixels and as you make the image bigger, detail will be lost so you need to be prepared for the image to become blurrier. For large-scale projects such as billboards, these are viewed from a distance and the images can therefore contain less detail than smaller-scale projects.
The following steps are based on the latest update from Photoshop:
Step 1. Go to ‘Image’ and then ‘Image Size’
Step 2. Pick how you want to enter the width and height of the image. Options include percent, pixels and centimetres plus others, so you can enter measurements in the way that suits you best.
Step 3. Enter your measurements and select the ‘Preserve detail (enlargement)’ option from the drop-down list, and then slide the ‘Reduce noise’ bar to your preferred setting. Click ‘OK’ and you’re done!
Check out from Adobe to demonstrate each of the steps mentioned above!
Top tip: You can check how the quality of the image has been affected by comparing the original image with the newly upsized image.
If the image has lost too much detail or you think it’s too blurry, why not try using a vector file for a large-scale project? Learn more with our What are vector graphics post.
If there’s anything else you’d like to know, tell us in the comments!