Improvement of a low-resolution image? - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

Tobbe · 01-06-2010, 12:41 PM

If I have a low-resolution picture and want to make a silhouette of how do I do to make the picture bigger without it bursting? Is there a program or feature that you can get help from then?

Thus, in order to enlarge the image for a larger silhouette

Jan · 01-06-2010, 02:07 PM

Try Inkscape, the line doesn't pixilate when it enlarges.....does take tracing the outline, however. Jim-Mex has a very good tutorial on this program here in the forum. The program is a free download.

Jan

jim_mex · 01-06-2010, 04:06 PM

Hi Tobbe - the suggestion from Jan is a good one.

If you use any vector based illustration software you can import your original image at its original size and trace your silhouette at that same size no matter how small it is by simply magnifying your screen.

Once you have drawn your vector silhouette you can then resize it to however large you wish without losing any detail

My tutorials here will help to show how to draw lines and shapes and then trace an image and its easy to do

The alternative would be to use a software program like BenVista PhotoZoom Pro which can enlarge bitmap images directly without too much quality loss

01-06-2010, 12:41 PM	#1
Tobbe Clever Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oland a little island in southeast Sweden Posts: 41 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Improvement of a low-resolution image? If I have a low-resolution picture and want to make a silhouette of how do I do to make the picture bigger without it bursting? Is there a program or feature that you can get help from then? Thus, in order to enlarge the image for a larger silhouette

01-06-2010, 04:06 PM	#3
jim_mex 100% toilet trained! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pachuca, Mexico Posts: 5,610 Thanks: 0 Thanked 71 Times in 58 Posts	Hi Tobbe - the suggestion from Jan is a good one. If you use any vector based illustration software you can import your original image at its original size and trace your silhouette at that same size no matter how small it is by simply magnifying your screen. Once you have drawn your vector silhouette you can then resize it to however large you wish without losing any detail My tutorials here will help to show how to draw lines and shapes and then trace an image and its easy to do The alternative would be to use a software program like BenVista PhotoZoom Pro which can enlarge bitmap images directly without too much quality loss __________________ Jim in Mexico Dozing off? - nah, I'm creatively thinking with my eyes closed! Last edited by jim_mex; 01-06-2010 at 05:23 PM.

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01-06-2010, 02:07 PM	#2
Jan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Southwest Florida Posts: 2,494 Thanks: 11 Thanked 28 Times in 27 Posts	Try Inkscape, the line doesn't pixilate when it enlarges.....does take tracing the outline, however. Jim-Mex has a very good tutorial on this program here in the forum. The program is a free download. Jan