Creating an upsizing action

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In this tutorial i will explain to you how to create an action that will upsize your images to Poster size with very little loss of quality. In Photoshop, you can only do this by enlarging 10% at a time, hence this action which will save you time.

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freejay

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You might think that it would be easier to skip the 10% increases and just type in the total size in one go, but that wont work. It will come out all blurry. This is the only way to upsize your picture in Photoshop with minimal Quality loss.

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comments on this tutorial:

cool.... saving time!!!!!
(288 days ago)

I must try this!
(287 days ago)

Handy trick!

(287 days ago)

cool!
(287 days ago)

Thanks for the great tip!!!
(287 days ago)

I did it in PS7 and it work!!! PS7 has bicubic not bicubic smoother. Is there a difference?

isuprmn
(287 days ago)

Im not sure if theres a difference........but you will get slight quality loss either way so make
sure you use high res pics in the 1st place.
Monty is probablly going to introduce tshirts, mugs, posters etc. soon on this site so i believe
this tutorial will be very handy to alot of people to get their pics to the right size for
submission.
(287 days ago)

thanks freejay for ur tutorial,i will try out myself right now
(287 days ago)

Well done freejay Big difference.Comes in very handy when you want to resize an image from the
portfolio after downloading it.
(286 days ago)

I am definetly going to try this one out and put it to use. Thanks.
(261 days ago)

Thanks the tut is clear and easy to followI. I've 2 questions; does it make a difference if you
crop first and then blow it up or if you blow the image up and then crop? Also, how does this
technique compare to plugins like Genuine Fractals, which has been getting great reviews?
(261 days ago)

excellent tutorial !!! it hep me a lot!!
(232 days ago)

I don't think it would make a difference if you crop before or after because you are resizing in
percentage. Regarding Genuine Fractals, ive never used it, so i cant say anything except why pay for
something if you can create your own action that works similar.
(161 days ago)