Topic awaiting preservation: Larger physical image?

I'm just beginning to learn Photoshop, so please laugh only a little at my silly questions (more to come surely)! Here we go:

I have started to make a pic and now I want to extend the area, i e I want more space down and up. If I change the size of the picure the image gets stretched out proportionally... I could of course make a new one with other measures and paste what I have done into it, but that seems very unprofessionally. What do I do?

Thank you!

MCA

Probably there won't be a very good way to do this without causing the image to be pixelated. If you aren't too far into the creation process you might just start over.

I like to start my images a bit larger than what I really want. That way I can always size down later.

How much bigger are you trying to make it?

:::11oh1:::

It is now about 650 pixels wide, but I want it more like 800. It's not really a big deal, I just thought there must be a way to do it.

MCA

When you want to resize something like that its best to do it slowly, in increments of 5-10%.

So for a 650 to 800 pixel upsize I'd use.

650 -> 682
682 -> 716
716 -> 751
751 -> 788
788 -> 800

When you do that, make sure that "Resample Image" is selected at the bottom of the Image Size dialog and that you use the "Bicubic" method.

:::11oh1:::

Image > Canvas Size

Gimme cookie!

^^^ I do believe a cookie is in order

*hands WJ a cookie*

haha

Ohhhhhh, I totally misread that.

I believe that's a RTFM question. No cookie for warjournal.

:::11oh1:::

Krets, since you missed it the first time around, you can't take my cookie away. Nah-nah-nah!

Official Cookie Ruling:

krets fumbled the question while wj was right on the money.

The cookie goes to wj.

No appeals allowed.

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Emps

FAQs: Emperor

Hehehe, I was wondering how long it was going to go on like that... Well, it was funny while it lasted

Cookie!? *gaaah* Nevermind... I solved it by cut'n'paste! Thanks anyway!


MCA

No need.

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Image > Canvas Size

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You really should pay closer attention...

Pah! I spit on your no appeals.

Point 1: The question was worded in an unclear manner thus causing me to misunderstand it.


Point 2: The answer was so obvious it deserved synax's "RTFM" image thus no cookie should be awarded.

*steals the cookie and runs*


:::11oh1:::

Nax has an RTFM image? haven't seen that before...this I have ot see...Nax...come post it! It's called for!

Ooh, ooh! Can I do this one? Can I?



[This message has been edited by ozphactor (edited 08-30-2003).]

I spit on your spitting on no appeals!
You son of a motherless goat!
Go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!

You weren't expecting that, were you?
I bet you weren't expecting this, either!



Give me back my cookie, Krets!
~runs down the hall with a handful of 50% gray~

No, we certainly didn't expect a broken image tag...

I second the Official Cookie Ruling:

krets fumbled the question while wj was right on the money.

The cookie goes to wj.

No appeals allowed.



And to elucidate : Go Image>>Canvas Size to extend the *playing area* of a document. The little box of arrows below let you choose in which direction.


Oh, yea, and Welcome to the Asylum MCA.

*shows up naked*
*takes a couple of cookies*
*runs away* (naked)


Shouts:
Did anyone expect that?

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that naked guy

Sorry, I just misinterpreted canvas size and went into the wrong place... :*)

Thanks! And no, I don't have a manual... I... eeeh, lost it.

MCA

O M G how close I was to posting another question that would have made you all throw empty cookie boxes at me and then laugh yourself to death. Fortunately I found how to do it just when I was about to give up!

L8er folks!

MCA

No cookies for you!

You're all fired...

Steps in to deny the rumors that the non-exsistant new asylum will contain an automatic cookie creation facility...

Ummm.. was that WAKKOS that just snuck in and out without anyone else noticing ???

Anyways !!

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I don't have a manual... I... eeeh, lost it.

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You dont ?? Hmmm....well be more careful next time. Check the online manual ( photoshop Help ) under the HELP option in the menu.

Any cookeis left ?

Quick!!

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No cookies for WJ! No appeals aloud.

He just helped a dude with a pirated copy of PS!

He should go into the negative cookie column for this one!

:::11oh1:::

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ whiner ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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Emps

FAQs: Emperor

^^^^^^^^^placater^^^^^^^^^^

^^^^^^^ lots of carets ^^^^^^^



[This message has been edited by synax (edited 09-02-2003).]

^^^^^^^^^^^FIRED!^^^^^^^^^^^


Now, gimme da cookie.

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that naked guy

^^^^^^^^Lots of up arrows^^^^^^^^

Huh?

I do beleive its time to lock this thread, before things start* getting ugly.

-cHaos-



[This message has been edited by cH_aos (edited 09-09-2003).]

I do believe that you shouldn't drag this up again, or things will get ugly

^^^^^^ What he said !