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seling19079166
seling19079166
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April 5, 2019
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Drawing Enlargement

  • April 5, 2019
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Hello,

How can I enlarge my drawing without damaging what's already been drawn?

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seling19079166
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April 5, 2019

Any other feedbacks are appreciated.

c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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April 5, 2019

You want to resample an image (no matter whether up- or downsampling) and the image’s pixels have to be changed.

You can get different results with the different Methods (also try »Preserve Detail«).

Additionally you can convert the Layer/s to a Smart Object before rescaling to save the unedited content within the file, but that won’t allow for »Preserve Detail«.

    seling19079166
    seling19079166Author
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    April 5, 2019

    I actually managed to do it with Edit-Free Transform.

    But I need to round the outermost corners and fill in the newly created white area.

    How do I do those?

    Thanks

    seling19079166
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    April 5, 2019

    Without seeing it, it's hard to know the best steps to recommend. But here are some possible suggestions:

    Options for rounded corners

    1. If you mean by rounded corners that you want to round the pixels, you can try Filter > Liquify and select Push Left to push the pixels into a rounded shape.

    2. If you mean you want your image to be masked by a rounded rectangle, you could select the Rounded Rectangle Tool and draw the shape. Ctrl + click the shape on the thumbnail in the Layers Panel to make the selection. Then select your artwork layer in the Layers Panel and add a Layer Mask. Hide or delete the shape layer.

    Options for cloning

    1. Select the area you want to fill and go to Edit > Content Aware Fill.

    2. Use the Clone Tool.

    3. Use the Healing Tool.

    4. Use the Patch Tool.


    Hi Myra I wasn't able to select the area I want to fill.

    Am I doing something wrong?

    Or is this normal?

    Myra Ferguson
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    Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
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    April 5, 2019

    Just to set your expectation, if you need to increase raster artwork significantly, you won't get great results. But here's what you could try.

    You might make a copy of your document, so any changes you make won't affect the original. Then go to Image > Image Size. Make sure Resample is selected and look at the drop-down menu next to that. You can use Automatic or try the two settings for enlargement. Change the canvas size to what you want.

    Otherwise, you could try placing your artwork into Illustrator, tracing it, and increasing the size as a vector graphic. Tracing has its limitations, too. You'd need to test various settings and even then, depending on your artwork, the Illustrator tracing might not be acceptable. You might have to do quite a bit of clean up with the shapes.

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