How to make a subject closer

[rizcala]

How can I make a subject appear closer without moving his?  Kind of like the image closeup you see when you are resizing an image?

[JJMack]

Without moving his?

[rizcala]

?

[davescm]

Can you post an example image and describe what you want it to look like

Dave

[rizcala]

Dave you know how when you resize an image you get a close up while you are doing that to see what the pixels will look like.  I am trying to obtain that type of close ups on numerous animal photos I use for our non profit

Russ

[davescm]

If I understand you correctly, try Filter - Pixelate - Mosaic

Dave

[rizcala]

I tried that 3 times, no luck

[Trevor.Dennis]

Are trying to get a pixelated look?  Can you find an example of the effect you are aiming for?

[rizcala]

no just a close up if you take any photo and go to image/resize  the preview window it shows you while you are resizing is what I am trying to get

[JJMack]

It seem to me what you are wanting to do is extract part of an image like an object in the image. Resize the object larger and composite the resized object into the original images composition enlarged.  Is that correct?

We are trying to understand what you want to do....

Image resize preview does not give you a close-up it does not change the image's perspective it just increase or decreases the image size and shows you a preview at some zoom level you can zoom the preview. Only at 100% zoom do you see what the actual resize image pixels will look like..

[rizcala]

no, I want to make the whole photo appear closer

[JJMack]

Do you want to change the images perspective to make it look like it closer or do you just want  a larger image with the same perspective. When you resample the image it can be made larger but the image quality will go down some.

A perspective resize will add distortion to make thing look closer or farther away.

Photoshop also has a perspective crop tool you can use.

[rizcala]

Can't crop it

[davescm]

What do you mean by you want it closer but can't crop it?

Unless you make the image (i.e. the whole canvas)  itself larger , then you have to crop to make a subject area bigger in the same size frame.

I don't whether it is your explanation or our reading of it - but, as requested earlier, please put up a couple of snaphots that explain what it is that you do want.

Dave

[rizcala]

I would like to make the cat appear closer, but I cannot exceed 500 pisxels

[davescm]

I hate to give you bad news but if that is the standard of image you are working with , then you are flogging a dead horse.

The image has very few pixels, is badly lit, is badly exposed, is soft and is blurred, is full of jpeg artifacts.

No amount of work in Photoshop is going to put sharp detail into that fur.

Dave

[rizcala]

thanks

[davescm]

Ah - your mention of pixels, in your earlier post, is what threw me.

Just use the crop tool to select the area you want

You can then resize (using image size with resample checked) to interpolate if you need more pixels e.g. if it starts to look pixelated). However there is a limit to what this can achieve. It can only approximate the in-between pixels, therefore your image will look softer the more you magnify it

Dave

[davescm]

All these replies are correct - but answer different questions.

You really need to post a screenshot or two to show us what you want - then we can answer your question properly

Dave

[rizcala]

will post a screenshot

[mo54891077]

just crop the edges so it looks closer

[Norman Sanders]

At 'this point I'm guessing, but if this is what you have in mind, just crop the photograph. 

[Norman Sanders]

An afterthought: If the image I posted is representative of what you had in mind, then there is something more to consider.

The size of the cropped image may be much smaller than the uncropped one. In that case – if your design layout requires you to enlarge the cropped version but also maintain the same image resolution, the necessary resampling will affect the quality if that cropped version.

Let’s hope that you are starting with high resolution large image and that you’re not chopping away a huge amount of the original when cropping.

[rizcala]

Hi Norman,

I can't see the image you posted.  I am not croping, it was a general question how to make any photo appear closer?

[rizcala]

Exactly just saw your photo, want it closer, but I can't crop anything out of it but want same result