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How to Increase Image Size with no Loss in Quality

Digital technology and its application in photography has changed the way pictures are taken, stored and enlarged. In the days of film, it was very easy to see when image quality was starting to suffer during the enlarging process. Increasing image size with no loss in quality in digital pictures is a slower process. You need to check the image after each step. Complete the task by using a photo editing program, such as Adobe Photoshop, where you can increase the picture by a percentage.

Things You'll Need

Adobe Photoshop

Instructions

- 1
  Turn your home computer on and open Adobe Photoshop or a program similar to it. Photo editing programs such as GIMP and Paint.net are free programs and very similar to Photoshop.
- 2
  Click "File" in the navigation bar of Adobe Photoshop and click "Open" from the drop-down menu. Locate the folder and the image you want to increase in size. Click the image and select "Ok" in the bottom-right corner of the window to open the picture.
- 3
  Click "Image" in the navigation bar and select "Re-size" from the drop-down menu, then select "Image-size" from the new window.
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  Change the value in the "Width" box to "10," and change the measurement from "Inches" to "Percent." Click "Ok" in the top-right of the box. The program will increase the image by 10 percent.
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  Click "View" in the navigation bar and select "Actual pixels." Inspect the image for loss of quality. Increase the image subsequent times, each by 10 percent, until you reach the image size you want -- or you begin to see a loss of quality in the picture.

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