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1600x1200 good enough for an 8x10 print?

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As long as the image is going to be seen from a distance there's no problem.

If you're going for a print that will be held the listed apps aren't bad. Not perfect, but will help.
 
Try QImage, it works great on photos from a digital camera, but I'm not sure how it'll work with a picture like yours. It has lots of different interpolation methods and a free trial so it's worth a shot.
 
okie dokie. The results were not as miraculous as I was hoping for, but there's a bit less noise than in your image.

It could be improved upon with some manual retouching, or possibly by using NN (I don't have on this comp, so used something else)

Also, I am afraid I have to rescind my earlier remarks about GenuineFractals.

I haven't done extensive testing of the product since 2001 (did a quick visual comparison of some 30x40 prints from a Canon D10 about a year ago and didn't see any difference), and it looks like they have made some improvements. Consequently, I did use it to resize the image after applying artifact reduction.

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i've done prints with slightly less resolution than that, and they come out ok. if it's just going to sit on a shelf or the wall, it's fine.
 
Howard, the most important question is what are you going to be printing this on? Ink jet, dye sub, thermal wax, laser? Despite popular belief, the ppi you need is based on the printer's lpi (ppi = pixels per inch, lpi = lines per inch).
 
Originally posted by: Boze
Howard, the most important question is what are you going to be printing this on? Ink jet, dye sub, thermal wax, laser? Despite popular belief, the ppi you need is based on the printer's lpi (ppi = pixels per inch, lpi = lines per inch).
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Most likely inkjet or dye sub. I was planning to have it done at a local print shop.
 
Originally posted by: myusername
okie dokie. The results were not as miraculous as I was hoping for, but there's a bit less noise than in your image.

It could be improved upon with some manual retouching, or possibly by using NN (I don't have on this comp, so used something else)

Also, I am afraid I have to rescind my earlier remarks about GenuineFractals.

I haven't done extensive testing of the product since 2001 (did a quick visual comparison of some 30x40 prints from a Canon D10 about a year ago and didn't see any difference), and it looks like they have made some improvements. Consequently, I did use it to resize the image after applying artifact reduction.

2.5MB jpeg
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Thanks, that looks quite a bit better.
 
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