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Shot in .jpg = oops! File size too small for large prints. #1
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by lisa mccoy
September 5, 2012 - 12:28pm

Total rookie move. I shot a friend's maternity portraits in .jpg. Now she is trying to make large prints and getting the files size too small warning. Any way to save this without having to reshoot?!? Any help is appreciated! Thanks.

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by PhotoJoseph
September 12, 2012 - 9:06am

Lisa,

John’s right, but there is other software to try, too. Check out onOne Software’s Perfect Resize Pro (click on products, then look for Perfect Resize Pro). If scaling it up as big as you need it is too much, maybe you can finesse it by converting to B&W and adding some grain or texture to the image. Check out my post on scaling for large prints on theBWphoto.com: “Large Prints — Scaling Before Converting to B&W.

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by John Waugh
September 6, 2012 - 5:31am

oops is right.
What size are the files?
You can get some reasonable expansion by opening the images in Photoshop and changing the image size and resolution under Image. A good graphics service bureau may be able to size them some.
When all is said and done too small in camera is too small.
Apologize and reshoot.
John

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