Photo enlargement & division for printing

[kippard]

I'd like to take a photo and enlarge (resize) it to several feet width and height. I want to print out 8 ½" x 11" sections and mount them. How can I do this with ease & precision? I'm told no chance on creativecow, so I thought I'd ask videohelp (always getting good advice here). Has no one tried this ghetto technique of blowing an image up wall-size and slicing it into standard 8 ½" x 11" printable pieces that can be joined on a wall? I wish some coder would make a photoshop plugin for this purpose. Thank you!

[redwudz]

Try a Google search for ' mosaic poster program ' and you should find a few programs that can do what you want. Someone may have a PhotoShop plugin, but I haven't seen it.

http://www.ezmosaic.com has a shareware one you can use for 20 days before purchase.

[kippard]

Nice. I thought there ought to be something. Thanks redwudz!

[lordsmurf]

There must be some real dumbasses on creativecow then. I'm surprised.

You could do this in Photoshop, no plug-in required.
- Drop your image in PS, enlarge to the size you want, in 8½x11 increments.
- Drag in guides at the correct 8½x11 marks.
- Copy those sections one by one to new images.
- Save and print each slice.
- Mount and enjoy.

[Cornucopia]

This program: "Rasterbator" seems to do what you want...http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/
(Ok, Ok, enough with the name already...)

Scott

[kippard]

There must be some real dumbasses on creativecow then. I'm surprised.

You could do this in [...]
- Drag in guides at the correct 8½x11 marks.
[...]

I've been too often let down by creativecow, it seems. However, Smart Scale and Genuine Fractals were suggested for the resize (seems like they would help): http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/203/871263

Use of guides is what was/is lacking in my knowledge of PS. I'll look into it. Thank you lordsmurf!

[kippard]

This program: "Rasterbator" seems to do what you want...http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/
(Ok, Ok, enough with the name already...)

Scott

Dude. Sick. This has to be easiest way. Looks like a quality result, as well. How did you find it? (I should still learn learn use of guides.) Thanks Cornucopia!

[Alex_ander]

PhotoZoom Pro 2
http://www.benvista.com/downloads/
That's a specialized image enlargement software with original spline interpolation type (along with standard Lanczos, etc.) with adjustable parameters. Supports PhotoShop CS2 (installs plugins if desired).