How to Make An Image Larger in Photoshop CS6/CC without Losing Quality
Last Updated on November 15, 2021 by Peter Wood
When downloading some small images online, you might take it for granted to make an image larger in Photoshop without losing quality. It should be a big problem for most web designers to add posts to their websites. As for the Photoshop beginner and the professional techy, it would be hard to handle many photos with the requirement. You can learn how to use Photoshop to blow up or enlarge a picture from the following tutorial. We also introduce you to other ways to make an image larger without Photoshop.
Part 1: How to make an image larger in Photoshop
Step 1: Add image into Photoshop
When you launch Photoshop on your computer, you can add the image you want to make larger into the program. Then click the Image and choose Image Size from the dropdown list (Image > Image Size).
Step 2: Make the image larger in Photoshop
When the Image Size window pops up, you can enter Width and Height values to change the image size. Before changing, please be sure that you check the Constrain Proportions option. You can also change the image resolution by entering a new value. For the Resample option, you can check it to allow the total number of pixels to adjust in proportion when changing the image size or resolution or uncheck it to disallow changing.
Step 3: Select the resampling option
You'd better select the resampling method, which will create new pixel information to enlarge the image in Photoshop. As for the Bicubic Smoother option, Photoshop will interpolate (or make pixel information) and produce the best results when enlarging images.
Step 4: Save photos with Photoshop
After that, you can click the OK button to save photos with Photoshop. As for the method, you have successfully made an image larger in Photoshop. When you have multiple pictures, you can follow the process to edit photos for each image.
Part 2: How to make an image larger online without Photoshop
There are many online image resizers on the Internet that can make an image larger without using Photoshop. Let's take ResizeImage.net as an example.
Step 1: Enter the resizeimage.com on the browser.
Step 2: Click the Upload an Image button to choose the photo from your computer. You can upload an image in JPEG, PNG, GIF, or BMP format with max. 100MB and 100MP. (For GIF format is 30MB and 10MP).
Step 3: Resize your image by percentage or resize it to be the size you specified with keeping the aspect ratio on the Resize your image section.
Step 4: After making the image larger, click the Resize Image button to save the larger photo. You can check the former image and resized image information after resizing. You can also choose to view or download the larger picture from the word link.
Part 3: How to make an image larger with free software without Photoshop
Gimp is a free photo converter to enlarge images with minimum quality loss. Here you can use Gimp to make an image larger.
Step 1: Install and open Gimp and add your image, then go to Image > Scale Image.
Step 2: Enter your desired dimensions on the boxes and choose Sinc (Lanczos3) under the Quality section.
Step 3: After finishing, click the Scale button to save the larger image on your computer.
Part 4: Best alternative method to make images larger in Photoshop
If you want to enlarge many images or batch convert them to a specific size, it would be hard to make the image larger with Photoshop. As for the case, WidsMob ImageConvert is a highly recommended program.
1. Batch resize images in 4 different modes, By Width, By Height, Percentage, and Free, which even enable you to enlarge small images.
2. Convert images and RAW files into JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, TIFF, BMP, and more other photo formats.
3. Add captions and images as a watermark. Enable to adjust font, style, color, opacity, size, angle, position, and more in batch.
4. Apply the photo effects or add a watermark. And provide an instant preview of the result from the interface for all the image files.
Step 1: Add images into the program
Click the Open button in the middle to add all the images to the program. Or drag and drop all the pictures or folders to it and enlarge all the photos within one click.
Step 2: Choose the enlarged modes
After that, you can choose the desired mode to make the image larger in batch as a Photoshop alternative. Here is the different conversion mode you can choose to enlarge photos By Width, By Height, Percentage, and Free.
Step 3: Make images larger in batch
Enter the pixels you need to enlarge images and check the Enlarge small image option. After that, you can click the Start convert button and choose the output format to make images large in one click.
Conclusion
When you need to make one image large in Photoshop, you can find the detailed steps above. Of course, you can also get information on making an image large online or with some freeware. But what should you do to make a large number of images larger with ease? WidsMob ImageConvert should be the best alternative to make photos larger in Photoshop. If you have any other queries about the topic, you can share more information in the comments.