A while ago there was a thread about a pixel enhancment program, I don't remember what it was called, but it was suppose to add pixels to an existing image to make the file larger in order to print. Does anyone remember this thread, or what the software was called. I know there were some mixed reviews about this software but I have a still that was taken from a video we shot last year. The still is only 600 X 400 @ 72 dpi. but my producer wants to make a poster from it. I told him the file is not large enough to make a poster size print but he is stubbron... he wants that shot... How can I get a clear, non pixelated print from such a small file? I thought I would try the pixel software but I cannot remember what it was called.

Tell your producer the only way you are going to get a poster size print of a 600x400 image is if he has access to Fairy Land and a giant bag of magical pixie dust. You'd be hard pressed to get a decent 4"x6" print out of something that small.

To do a halfway decent print, you will need at bare minimum a 100dpi image. And that would be pushing it. I rarely go below 300dpi for my prints. There isn't a program available anywhere that will let you do anything remotely close to getting a non-pixelated, decent poster print from something that small.

Message edited on: 01/16/2005 03:30

Well.. My producer believes in fairies.... Is there anything I could use to make the image larger so I can at least use it as an element in the larger poster art?

I say use one of those overhead projectors and get your paintbrushes out.

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Donald pooh-pooh's Fairies? And he lives in Seattle? Best be careful next Halloween. I guess it would depend a lot on what sort of artistic statement you are trying to make with the poster? One sees extreme enlargements from a TV capture all the time; scan lines, noise... If that's what is in mind you should be OK with just Photoshop. Rember to use the Video>Deinterlace filter. There are programs out there (though I can't recall the company), that will combine several frames of video to get a higher resolution image. This stuff won't help you too much if your subject of interest is moving. [In very simple cases, like reading vehicle license plates, this can work with motion.] Otherwise, an overhead projector and paint brushes may be the most fun. But you should be able to enlarge the image as much as you want (in photoshop, etc.), and use this as a reference layer (in photoshop, illustrator, painter).

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Thanks everyone for your help.