How to Resize and Make Images Larger without Losing Quality by Bilarocket

Have you ever tried resizing a image to make it larger? This usually results in loss of quality where the enlarged image looks blurry and unprofessional. Recently one of our users asked us if it was possible to resize a small image and make it larger without losing quality. In this article, we will show you how to resize images to make them larger without losing quality.

Why Images Lose Quality When Enlarged?

Bitmap is the most commonly used image format on the web. All your JPEG and PNG files are Bitmap image files. A bitmap image is made up of thousands of pixels. If you zoom in you can actually see those pixels as squares.

Each of these pixels is mapped to a fixed location on the image, hence the name Bitmap.

Most image editing software shrink or enlarge these pixels to resize an image. This is why when you resize an image to a smaller size there is no visible quality loss. Mainly because those pixels become even less visible.

On the other hand when you resize an image to make it large, these enlarged pixels become more visible which makes the image look blurry and pixelated. Like this:

What’s The Solution?

The solution is to compensate for each enlarged pixel, so that it matches the properties of its nearest pixel. This method is called Fractal Interpolation or simply Fractals. It produces a much better result when an image is enlarged using this technique.

Here is how to use this method in most common image editing software.

Method 1: Using Perfect Resize with Adobe Photoshop

Perfect Resize is a software that allows you to resize your images smartly. It is available as a standalone software as well as a plugin for Adobe Photoshop.

The regular version costs $50 and the premium version which contains plugin for Adobe photoshop costs $150. Both versions are also available for a free 30 day trial. If you resize images on a regular basis, then we recommend you to go for Perfect Resize. It is expensive, but it is the best way to enlarge images.

Note: we are not affiliated with Perfect Resize in any way. We’re just really happy users of the product.

After installing the software, open the image file you want to resize in Photoshop. Simply go to File » Automate and select Perfect Resize.