Upsizing

[@imagesBV]

I have just changed from a windows machine to a mac; I have paint shop pro which is a windows only version, and I have DPP which works on the mac, but I dont have anything to increase image size (which I need for submissions to agencies). I have tried Picassa but it doesn't seem to have this function.
I dont want to buy elements immediately....any ideas?
And is Elements the best software to buy in the future?

[djguk47]

Re: Upsizing

Brian,
Bite the bullet and go for Elements. or you could try GIMP which is free and is available for MAX OS X but I think you may have to do a bit of work to get it running on your MAC. I see the instructions for GIMP on MAC are on the GIMP website.

If you are intending on submitting to agencies then I think the purchase of Elements, or similar, is a "no brainer".

David

[Trevoreast]

Re: Upsizing

I thought you had a 50D Brian ?

What agency insists on full size images from a 50D being upsized ?
You can get bigger pics (pixel dimension wise) than someone with a 5D or 1Dmk3

Trev

[@imagesBV]

Re: Upsizing

Trev,
I do have a 50D , the raw files are big but I have a few shots where there is a lot of one colour - i.e. silhouettes/sunsets - and when you convert to jpeg they become incredibly small - I think its because the compression process reduces the file size by saying - hey there is a big area with one colour - I'll note that but not record every pixel. The agency is declining them for being too small.
So I think I need to upsize them....perhaps I'm missing something?
Bri

[@imagesBV]

Re: Upsizing

By the way...I'm only reluctant to buy Elements because I've now discovered how powerful DPP is having taken the advice to check the tutorials. So I thought I'd get really good with that before making a hash with layers etc which is fine for the more experienced.

[djguk47]

Re: Upsizing

Brian,
If you are "worried" about Elements then have a look on the Adobe site for video tutorials and You Tube has literally hundreds of Elements Tutorial videos which will get you through "the maze"

David

[briansquibb]

Re: Upsizing

Brian - I converted from PSP to PSE - very simillar at the simplistic level

[colin C]

Re: Upsizing

Brian

If you save your files from DPP as TIFF's, doesn't that provide a big enough file size?

Colin

[@imagesBV]

Re: Upsizing

Colin, I'm sending in to Alamy and they will only accept JPEGs. Any files considered under 17MB uncompressed are automatically rejected at the upload stage
I think increasing the size of the JPEG is the answer - that is their recommendation - and to use Elements.
I have had 17 images accepted by their QC and two rejected for size - one is a jogger on a beach in silhouette against the sunset and the other is a red phone box against a pure blue sky. I think the compressing will naturally make these images small files.
Cheers Brian

[MX5]

Re: Upsizing

Brian ... I assume you are saving with best quality '100%' when exporting to JPEG?

Also in DPP use the Resize facility (in Convert and Save). For example I've just taken a 40D RAW file (11.6MB) and saved. Resized to the maximum (9999 x 6666) and 100% quality and 300dpi. It came out at 26.5MB. Oh and looks okay as well ;-)

So there is some scope in DPP ... not sure what maths it uses when resizing (bicubic or whatever) but it seems to work. Worth a try if you already haven't rejected that method.