Dunno, I can only really think of Photoshop as that's the sorta best resizing program I'm aware of, other than Fireworks. Try image englarging by 200%, constraining proportions (obviously) or maybe free transform? :\ It's unusual to get any good amount of quality when enlarging an image, it's often better to start over or trace the bigger version etc.
if you need to enter a command-line you have to make a shortcut of your exe, right-click on this shortcut, properties and go to the file path field, and add the commands after the path.
ex: the path is c:\myprogram.exe
the path with command-line will be: c:\myprogram.exe yourcommands
Or if you wanna do it the DOS way, open a DOS shell, cd to the program's location, and type hq2x inputfile outputfile. Best use a frontend.
Windows does this automatically, but when the program is done by giving you info on how to resize a pic, it closes. You have to give it parameters, then it does stuff for you, and then it closes too. If you want to see the full output, use a DOS shell, but if you want to make it easy, use a graphical frontend like a Windows application.
You don't have to open up a DOS shell to pass command line args. You can also use Start menu -> Run, or you can create a shortcut to the app and do what Phanoo said.
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13th April, 2007 at 04:26:44 -
Yes, but it might be useful to see what the output is, and opening up the shell for that is useful.
Now my next question is.
I need to put some words into the picture, using paint, and the anti-aliasing has been turned off somehow on my computer. It doesn't even work in Word.
How do I turn it back on so that it works in Word and Paint???
Or do I have to download it from somewhere?
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13th April, 2007 at 10:21:49 -
Go to screen properties or whatever it's called in English versions of Windows. Click on the tab where you can edit window colours and stuff. Click on advanced, turn on the second option if it isn't, and select ClearType in the list. Ok, Ok, done.
EDIT: you probably have to restart your program for this to have effect.
EDIT 2: font antialiasing is not recommended for pixel art.
Hey DaVince, it looks like you have a virus or something because all the words is messed ups!
I have a question about this resizing though- Okay, in order for it to look good it will most likely use some sort of internal filteration to make the colors blend a bit and look better when larger, right? If that's the case, the picture's outline will actually be a ton of colors instead of just the outline or whatever and if he uses this new picture for say, an active object, won't this crappy blended outline not work with the transparency and look.... crappy??
I hope I said that right .
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DaVince's Windows doesn't have a virus it's in Dutch.
And the program he gave me doesn't enlarge the picture by using colour blends. The picture's outline, after enlargement, is not a ton of colours. If the outline is black and blue, the enlarged outline will be black and blue. That's the magic of the program. Download it and have a look. http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=5872
Also, I'm not using the picture for a game. I'm going to print it.
On a side point, anyone know of a free algorithm for pixel resizing? I don't mean nearest neighbour (where it looks pixelated), but a resizer which simply draws a higher resolution (but still non-antialiased) version of the original?
T'would be uber handy.
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HQ2x is the algorithm I'd go for. Not a lot of antialiasing.
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