Graphic Upscaling

Low-res art, large-format output

When the customer's photo or artwork has to print at banner size and a redraw is not the answer, we upscale it: cleaned, sharpened, artifacts removed and resized for your printer. From $5 per file.

Upscale or vectorize?

Logos get redrawn. Photos and artwork get upscaled.

If it is a logo, lettering or a flat graphic, a hand-drawn vector will always print cleaner and cut on a plotter. Upscaling is for the things that cannot be vectors: photographs, painted artwork, illustrated backgrounds and complex raster graphics that need to hold up at 150 dpi across a 4-by-8 banner.

  • Resized to your finished dimensions at print resolution
  • JPEG artifacts, noise and halos cleaned
  • Edges and text sharpened without the plastic look
  • Color and contrast corrected for large format

Not sure which you need? Send it anyway. The account desk will tell you, and quote the cheaper option when both would work.

Before and after: an 800 pixel photo upscaled for a 48 by 96 banner
Flat-rate pricing

Three tiers, quoted before payment

$5

Simple

Clean source, modest enlargement, no retouching needed.

  • Up to about 4x enlargement
  • Flat graphics and clean photos
$15

Complex

Heavy enlargement, damaged source, mixed text and photo, or files that need reconstruction.

  • Text rebuilt as vector where it helps
  • Backgrounds extended or repaired

What you receive

  • TIFF or PNG at your finished size and resolution
  • JPG preview for the customer proof
  • Layered PSD on request

Terms

  • Files within 48 business hours of payment, Monday through Friday
  • Free redo if it is not right
  • Rush quoted per job
  • Trade only
Get started

Send the file and the finished size.

Tell us what it prints on and how big. Quote first, files within 48 business hours.