Newbie question - resizing small image.

Hello all,

I've just got Photoshop CS and I'd really like to use it to make some stencils.

However the images that I want to make stencils are very small (approx 35 * 50 pixels each). They are block colour, black images on a white background (like a shadow - i'm not very good at describing!)

I'd like to enlarge them to a much bigger size - A4ish (but not exactly A4, I don't want to stretch it too far one way so it looks wonky! Something I could print out on an A4 sheet of paper). However I know by doing this, it will turn out pixellated. That's fine as I just need a big, general template of which to hand trace a stencil out of.

Can anyone tell me how to do this?

Again, sorry for the newbie question which must seem blatantly simple to you - i used Paint for years ;)

Thanks
Rachel

it sounds as though your stencils are not too complex or intricate. As such, I would take my pen tool (toggle path) and trace the artwork on a new layer. This should 'create a path' for you. Next, I would then change my document size and resolution to the desired output. Under the paths tab under your layers palette, make selection.

"Rachel" wrote in message

Hello all,

I've just got Photoshop CS and I'd really like to use it to make some stencils.

However the images that I want to make stencils are very small (approx 35 * 50 pixels each). They are block colour, black images on a white background (like a shadow - i'm not very good at describing!)

I'd like to enlarge them to a much bigger size - A4ish (but not exactly A4, I don't want to stretch it too far one way so it looks wonky! Something I could print out on an A4 sheet of paper). However I know by doing this, it will turn out pixellated. That's fine as I just need a big, general template of which to hand trace a stencil out of.

Can anyone tell me how to do this?

Again, sorry for the newbie question which must seem blatantly simple to you - i used Paint for years ;)

Thanks
Rachel

If pixelation doesn't matter then just go:
image>image size
and then put in the size you want. (Be sure to leave to constrain proportions checked :)

Steve
"Rachel" wrote in message

Hello all,

I've just got Photoshop CS and I'd really like to use it to make some stencils.

However the images that I want to make stencils are very small (approx 35

*

50 pixels each). They are block colour, black images on a white background (like a shadow - i'm not very good at describing!)

I'd like to enlarge them to a much bigger size - A4ish (but not exactly

A4,

I don't want to stretch it too far one way so it looks wonky! Something I could print out on an A4 sheet of paper). However I know by doing this, it will turn out pixellated. That's fine as I just need a big, general

template

of which to hand trace a stencil out of.

Can anyone tell me how to do this?

Again, sorry for the newbie question which must seem blatantly simple to you - i used Paint for years ;)

Thanks
Rachel