Resizing jpegs

[ABBYSDAD]

Hi Disers. My DW has downloaded some Disney clip art, saving files as jpegs. The size of the jpeg is very small. When we try to increase the size, the picture gets distorted. Is there a way to increase the size of a jpeg without distorting the picture? TIA for any suggestions.

[ukcatfan]

Not really. It is easy to take away information, but nearly impossible to artificially add information. Try Irfanview. It used to be a little better at this than some other programs, but that feature is not in very much demand anymore. It was a big deal when camera were 1 or 2MP and people wanted to enlarge and make bigger prints. Now that cameras all have so many more MPs, that feature is not really progressing anymore.

[photo_chick]

Try Genuine Fractals.

[ABBYSDAD]

Thanks ukcatfan and photo chick.

[seashoreCM]

No digital picture, regardless of format, can be enlarged without introducing visible blurriness or graininess or distortion.

Also, generation loss (shows up as additional blurriness or graininess or distortion) will occur each time a digital picture is resized. So save digital pictures as-is when you get them. If all you need to do is resize it, resize it once to the new desired size. If you didn't get it just right, start over with the original.

If you need to edit the picture, do the edits prior to resizing. Save and keep the original size edited version, which will probably be in BMP or GIF format. Then resize it once to the new desired size. To make a new version with additional edits on top of the first go round, go back to the original size edited version.