I scanned in a small approximately 4-inch by 3-inch black and white photo from an old 1960s book at 600dpi. Then I enlarged the photo to 8.8 by 6.7 inches reducing the resolution to 300dpi. Viewed at 100 percent in Photoshop 5, the photo looks terrible. It is blurry with a kind checkerboard look. I ran Unsharp mask and also tried Smart Sharpen but it didn't help much. At 66 percent it looks fine and and at 50 percent it looks great though I really want the photo larger than 50 percent (4 inches by 3 inches).
If I send this photo to someone and they view it, will their screen show it at 100 percent. If so, that is going to be really bad. How can I change this photo so that it will look good at 100 percent or change the photo so that it will only be viewed at 66 percent.
At the same time, I also would like to make a good print of this photo so how would I do that if the photo is going to look lousy at 100 percent which I am assuming it will be printed at. |
