Image Editing

[Frequency]

I wasn't sure if I should put this in the photography megathread because I didn't really take a photo and it's not real life.

I was browsing the gallery for one of my favorite games (Shores of Hazeron) and I noticed this really beautiful scenic image


I wanted it as a background for my desktop, but the problem here is that it's

A. 1280x720
B. pixely and weird because the game is pixely and weird

so what i did was i saved it and cracked open GIMP so i could edit it. I enlarged it to 1280x1050 (using the Sinc (Lanczos3) interpolation setting) and since enlarging the image did... things... to it, I applied different filters with different settings to it to blur and sharpen the image until i figured it was presentable

I just made a better version by using the despeckle filter and sharpening/blurring important parts of the image

the result:



now i think it's alright, but is there any way I can improve it somehow?

i actually like it more now.

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[mod-man]

eyyy not bad! ive never actually tried making small images high quality in that fashion
im glad you posted this thread, i wanted to show this pic i just now did but didnt want to start a topic for it lol:


EDIT: i even gave it a pass with instagram filters:


i like to prntscn pics from p3d.in of models and do em up in photoshop:
http://p3d.in/Bg8Ru

[Frequency]

that's amazing you did all that just from a screenshot of a model. nice.

[mod-man]

that's amazing you did all that just from a screenshot of a model. nice.

thanks dude!! i was really happy with how it came out. i feel like i shoulda cleaned up the edges more, but the colors make up for it. i like the color in it the most

[Velateen]

i didn't like how blurry it was so i edited it a bit

[mod-man]

did you tweak the color too? i like it


i cant stop editing toby