Up-scaling of images

bennet_wabennet_wa Member Posts: 6
in Working with GS (Mac)
I need help with creating larger versions of images, like this one:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50420785/Screen Shot 2013-07-06 at 12.08.45 PM.png
(9*15)
Without this happening:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50420785/Screen Shot 2013-07-06 at 12.10.23 PM.png

Your help is appreciated!

Comments

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822
    Scale your images before importing them into GS.
  • bennet_wabennet_wa Member Posts: 6
    Any advice on doing that?
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    if you use something like photoshop you want to change the image size but use 'nearest neighbor' as the resample algorithm. it will preserve hard edges.

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  • dayofjackaldayofjackal Member Posts: 111
    We do nearly all of our i mages in illustrator so we can easily up scale them with no loss of quality.
  • jamie_cjamie_c ImagineLabs.rocks Member, PRO Posts: 5,772
    I do what dayofjackal does, usually create all of my artwork in Illustrator (as vector art) then import, touch-up and export as png from Photoshop.

    If you have a budget and absolutely have to up-size pixel art this product works great:
    http://www.ononesoftware.com/products/perfect-resize/

    I use it at my graphic design studio all the time to enlarge images for oversized output.

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  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822
    Any advice on doing that?
    @bennet_wa

    If you haven't got Photoshop then go to http://www.sumopaint.com/app/

    Open your image from your computer, go into Image > Image Size - enter your new image dimension and turn smoothing off.

    One you are happy with the result save the file to your computer.
  • wayneh001wayneh001 Member Posts: 300
    @bennet_wa

    Over at DeepBlueApps.com we have a tool that'll help you SCALE up your 1x images - the results can be quite good. As the others have pointed out it's always best to START WITH the 2x or 4x artwork/images, then scale down. However if this is not an option, then the tools described above may help you scale them up (Photoshop, SumoPaint etc)...

    But if you want a quick, simple and cheap way - then our PNG INSPECTOR PRO tool can do this for you (and lots of other nifty tricks too!)

    We're giving the PRO version away for FREE for the next 7 days - so if you want grab a copy and give it a go, head over to our site, select the pro version and enter the promo code BIGGERBUNNY at the checkout - after selecting the Pro Version. It usually costs £3.

    Other features of the tool:

    - Upscale / resample your images (1x,x, 3x etc)
    - Add HD suffix details to file names
    - Process whole folder or single images
    - Add watermarks to your images.
    - Auto add/subtract pixels to your PNG files to avoid blurry images in iOS game.
    - Force the resolution of your PNG files to 72 dpi.
    - Apply compression to your PNG files to save space.
    - Automatically adjust the bit depth, depending on masks, palettes and colour schemes.
    - Visually see potential issues in the interface.
    - Double click images in the list to open.
    - See a preview of your image and the mask extracted.
    - Zoom in/out to see your images closer.

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    Cheers
    Wayne
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  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    The PNG Pro is overlooked imo and users don't know how good this tool is and what it can do...now its free for a few days theres no excuse to give it a whirl :)

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  • vikingviking Member, PRO Posts: 322
    Any plans for TGA support with this tool?
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