Kreeos Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Is there any way to increase the quality of zoomed images? What I want to do is what you see them do in movies and TV shows where they zoom into a part of the picture, it's all blurry, then they do something and it becomes like if it were never zoomed. If paint.net can't do it could someone refer me to a program that can? Thanks in advance. Quote Deviant Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Pi Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 They probably use optical zoom and refocus the lenses. Optical zoom works by bending the light that reaches the camera, so the image stays sharp. Digital zoom works with pixels, so to zoom in, the computer has to create more pixels by analyzing the existing pixels. Computers cannot create extra detail that didn't already exist, so you cannot increase the quality of a digitally zoomed image with any program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Although there are some programs that can slightly improve the quality - but not add extra detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 What I want to do is what you see them do in movies and TV shows where they zoom into a part of the picture, it's all blurry, then they do something and it becomes like if it were never zoomed. Ah, the magic of Hollywood...increasing people's expectations for decades. :-) The fact is, they're right - the programs that Hollywood use do not exist in the real world. What they do is either take a really big picture and zoom it out, then play the clip backwards, or take two pictures: one zoomed out, and one zoomed in. Optical zoom is the only way to do this. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreeos Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 What I want to do is what you see them do in movies and TV shows where they zoom into a part of the picture, it's all blurry, then they do something and it becomes like if it were never zoomed. Ah, the magic of Hollywood...increasing people's expectations for decades. :-) The fact is, they're right - the programs that Hollywood use do not exist in the real world. What they do is either take a really big picture and zoom it out, then play the clip backwards, or take two pictures: one zoomed out, and one zoomed in. Optical zoom is the only way to do this. Darn it, lol. Well there goes my idea, lol. Quote Deviant Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 The fact is, they're right - the programs that Hollywood use do not exist in the real world. What they do is either take a really big picture and zoom it out, then play the clip backwards, or take two pictures: one zoomed out, and one zoomed in. Optical zoom is the only way to do this. Another thing they might do is with their brilliant quality cameras and fast computers they can probably just compress the whole thing to the level of the zoomed in image without losing much quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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