BlowUp2-Manual.pdf

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Alien Skin Software, LLC

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Table of ConTenTs

Welcome ......................................................................................................................................... 4

Other Sources of Help................................................................................................................... 4

What’s New .................................................................................................................................... 4

Finding Blow Up ............................................................................................................................ 5

Installation...................................................................................................................................... 6

Activation........................................................................................................................................ 6

Understanding DPI ........................................................................................................................ 7

Output Sharpening......................................................................................................................... 7

User Interface Overview .............................................................................................................. 8

A: Title Bar.................................................................................................................................. 8

B: Menus .................................................................................................................................... 8

C: Resizing Summary................................................................................................................ 9

D: UpToDate Message Indicator ............................................................................................ 9

E: Preview Controls .................................................................................................................. 9

F: OK and Cancel Buttons........................................................................................................ 10

G: Settings and Controls Tabs................................................................................................. 10

H: Preview Area ........................................................................................................................ 10

I: Navigation Thumbnail........................................................................................................... 10

J: Mouseover Help Area.......................................................................................................... 10

K: Zoom Level Indicator ........................................................................................................... 10

Keyboard Shortcuts.................................................................................................................. 11

Previewing...................................................................................................................................... 12

Settings Tab .................................................................................................................................... 13

Loading Settings ....................................................................................................................... 13

Saving Settings ......................................................................................................................... 14

Modifying Settings ................................................................................................................... 14

Control Tab...................................................................................................................................... 15

Pixel Dimensions....................................................................................................................... 15

Reset Button .............................................................................................................................. 15

Document Size .......................................................................................................................... 15

Constrain Proportions (checkbox and mode) ...................................................................... 15

Sharpen Edges .......................................................................................................................... 16

Add Grain ................................................................................................................................... 16

Preserve Natural Texture ........................................................................................................ 16

Remove Compression Artifacts.............................................................................................. 16

Sharpening for Output Device ................................................................................................ 16

Duplicate Image Before Resizing........................................................................................... 17

Cropping .......................................................................................................................................... 18

Creating and Modifying the Crop Region.............................................................................. 18

Batch Processing .......................................................................................................................... 20

Actions............................................................................................................................................. 21

WelCome

Thank you for purchasing Blow Up from Alien Skin Software! We have worked hard to simplify

the process of cropping, resizing and sharpening photos for printing. In addition to being the

sharpest image enlarging technique around, Blow Up handles a wide range of other resizing

tasks. You can use Blow Up’s batch capability to quickly downsize all of your photos for the web

or automatically Smart Crop your digital photos for any print size in one simple step. The new

“sharpening for output” feature automatically selects the right sharpening level for the web or

for your speciic inkjet paper. And we now provide you with a way to minimize JPEG compres-

sion artifacts so you can print images from the web that look clean and sharp.

oTher sourCes of help

This manual is just one of many sources of help for Blow Up. Once you start Blow Up, check

out the Help menu for links to lots of helpful parts of our web site, including video tutorials.

The video tutorial on getting started is a great one to watch before you run Blow Up for the irst

time. Also watch the text at the bottom of the Blow Up window to learn about whatever your

cursor is near.

WhaT’s neW

The Blow Up user interface has been redesigned signiicantly. Now the

Settings Tab is

the starting point for easy image resizing. Just ind the size, resolution, and output format

in the list and Blow Up handles all of the rest. Blow Up automatically adjusts the setting

to it the orientation of your image (portrait or landscape), Smart Cropping automatically

inds a sensible crop, and the right level of sharpening is applied to match your output

medium. If you want to tweak the results, go to the Controls Tab where you can adjust

the sharpening level, add photographic grain, remove compression artifacts or soften the

texture regions.

We added two cropping tools to Blow Up. The Crop to Size Tool is an easy way to crop and

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resize to a speciic output size at the same time.

Blow Up can now resize up to the limits of Photoshop’s image dimensions, which is

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300,000 pixels. Of course, a square image that big would choke Photoshop, but if you need

to make a billboard or a bus wrap and Photoshop can handle the image, now Blow Up can

too.

The preview can now be zoomed out.

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There is now a batch processing version of Blow Up. This is easier than using Photoshop

actions to process many photos at once.

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finding bloW up

Blow Up is an automation plug-in, not a ilter. You won’t ind it in the Filter menu! In Photoshop,

you can ind Blow Up in the menu:

File>Automate>Alien Skin Blow Up 2

In Photoshop Elements, you can ind Blow Up in the menu:

File>Automation Tools>Alien Skin Blow Up 2

You will also see an entry for Alien Skin Blow Up 2 Batch . Get to know the simple version

of Blow Up before you use the batch version. The batch version is for processing entire

folders of images.

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