How to i enlarge a scanned picture?

jimbob_3

Hi,

somebody has sent me a scanned picture but the original was very small so i need to expand it.

Is there any free software that i can download that will do this?

I tried do doing this by using paint but no success, and when i put on a word document it seems to spread across 2 or more pages when i look at in print preview??

thanks

[Deleted User]

A good free tool is this : http://www.irfanview.com/

Just remember, enlarging it won't add more details, just zoom in on it

lolarentt

Picasa from Google is free: www.picasa.google.com

espresso

jimbob wrote: »

Hi,

somebody has sent me a scanned picture but the original was very small so i need to expand it.

Is there any free software that i can download that will do this?

I tried do doing this by using paint but no success, and when i put on a word document it seems to spread across 2 or more pages when i look at in print preview??

thanks

It depends what resolution the picture was scanned at. Irfanview will re-size the picture for you (Ctrl + r) but if it is very small i.e. not many pixels, you can't expect to get a very good result.

ormus

gimp is free, but as been said, if the original photo is small (in resolution) then any enlargement will become very rough.
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/