What would you do with this pic?

[Jack Bush]

I've posted a picture of a girl at pixentral http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=19gw9t2VaJyn3OKf6FffSc5PmlMtlU0

It's a very long zoom in of a considerably larger picture my wife took on her Finepix. As a result it's pretty pixellated. The look on the girl['s face is what appealed to me and I've tried to "smooth" things out. I vignetted it and softened it and smoothed it with various filters and this is the best I can do. Not bad, actually, but still somewhat pixellated. Any thoughts?

Thanks for your interest,
Jack

[Diana]

Hi Jack,

You've probably done as good as it can get under the circumstances. You can upsize an image to some degree without getting too pixelated by using a series of 110% increases.

First double click on the Zoom tool (looks like a magnifying glass) to get a 100% view of the image. From the menu: Image > Resize > Image Size... in the Image Size dialog, change the Document size to percent and enter 110% in both width and height, then click OK. Repeat this several times... but if you go too far, it will start looking degraded.

Hope this helps.

Diana

[Jack Bush]

You were right, Diana; that picture was as good as it could get. But I thank you for pointing me to a way to build it up. I can see a benefit there in better circumstances. Much appreciated.