Whats the BEST way? How to upscale images in Photoshop (Photos, Ai Art & Lineart)

Explore how to upscale images in Photoshop, while I workout which way is gets the best results. In this Photoshop tutorial, i will increase photo size, upscale midjourney images for print and enlarge an image of a drawing I made a few years ago.
Afterward you will know how to properly upscale a image like photos or AI Art (great also if you want to know how to upscale stable diffusion images, or Leonardo AI Images. Please note some of the links below are affiliate links I earn a commission from, but I swear by these tools and use them myself.
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// TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro & Images I will Upscale in Photoshop
0:30 - Image Resize & Options
4:20 - Camera Raw / Super Resolution
5:26 - Super Zoom
6:47 - AI Upscaling Plugin
8:10 - Which is best - comparing ALL upscaling methods!

[@morpheus2573]

Gigapixel is a total game changer. I've been upsizing MJ images x6 and printing them on canvas and acrylic wall art sized prints to 2m wide with zero image loss. 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@WadeMcMaster]

I hear ya man! Anyone doing ai art needs to have it imo, its the perfect addition, along with some photoshop skills you can do some insane designs and art.

[@BD-rj8wb]

Hello, im trying to upscale some anime wallpapers to have them printed in a3 size from a regular printer. Could u tell me what i could best do to do this? Shall I use image size and set it to a3 dimensions? or should i really go for gigapixel? i dont know what is appropraite for a3, since some of the wallpapers are already 4k, but some are really terrible screenshots (original wallpaper was deleted)

[@dragonfliesdandelions7497]

Really helpful comparison, thank you so much!

[@WadeMcMaster]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you :)

[@Design_Chillout]

Well. I'm sold.

[@AiGenerationMagic]

Awesome video, I learned so much!

[@WadeMcMaster]

Thank you Aaron!

[@Lomaxxx]

I spent lots of time with GigaPixel and i would absolutely go with this app most of the time. But SuperZoom did also a great job and i think i will try this method out from time to time. What keeps me so motivated to spend time with AI is the fact, that most of us cant imagine where this is going and whats possible in 1-2 years. Kinda creepy at some stage, but also fascinating. @Wade we talked about it in the comments from an older video... think back when you need to sharpen images with high pass filter, duplicating layers over layers, sharpen here, sharpen there blur mask there, clone stamp tool to get rid of unwanted pixels. these took hours and some days it took days to deliver good result or lemme say "acceptable results". Time is running so fast...

[@WadeMcMaster]

Im with you 100% there. Ive been working as a graphic designer for 20 years and the ability to do to good work without having to invest obscene amounts of time is amazing. You really can focus o your vision more. But yeah i find superzoom isnt bad but topaz is next level for sure. Imagine 5 years from now! Haha

[@DonnaODonoghue]

Thanks, Wade for all your info, awesome. I have always sent all my works to the printers at 300dpi... 72dpi scares me, they look fine, so will try it!

[@WadeMcMaster]

No worries Donna, you can ask your printer if the size will work too, they should be able to tell you.

[@princemehra12]

Thank you you are Awesom

[@WadeMcMaster]

Thank you!

[@river4273]

Very thank you for your comparison. It's really useful to me, even if I compared my results myself ahah :D

[@WadeMcMaster]

Yeah that's awesome! I think it's great idea to experiment yourself, get a good understanding :)

[@wproduction2875]

I like the gigapixel ai

[@WadeMcMaster]

I am constantly blown away by gigapixel and photo ai

[@rossmcalpine8256]

Gigapixel changed the eye iris colour from green to brown.

[@WadeMcMaster]

I didn't notice! It is only a slight change tho, easily fixed with an adjustment layer - there's always some give and take with upscaling

[@thumbnailHack]

How can I get Topaz gigapixel ai upscale? Please tell. Thank you.

[@WadeMcMaster]

Hey mate, there's a link in the video description.

[@claustruophobia]

can gigapixel instal in photosop ipad??

[@WadeMcMaster]

Good question! I don't think it is possible yet sorry.

[@johnhawkinshawkins1284]

all good, but 72dpi? you never mentioned dpi.

[@WadeMcMaster]

Dpi in bitmap images translates to pixels per inch - so a 3000x3000pixel image is 300dpi at 10x10inches printed - but the same.size image is 150 dpi at 20x20inches. I hope that makes sense. The reading isnt necessary and confuses people.

[@delorusclaiborne3274]

Here hair here

[@Arkansas.Carnivore]

I’m confused how these are able to print well if they are still 72 dpi. Yeah they’re bigger but the resolution is still 72. I’m not understanding

[@WadeMcMaster]

Well if it helps, no image has a dpi reading without a print size to accompany it. It literally is 'dots per inch' or 'pixels per inch' really. A 300x300px image is 300dpi at 1x1 inch - but its 150dpi at 2x2inches. I hope that makes sense. The dpi measure attached to an image file is actually just confusing for most people. It comes down to pixel resolution and how many pixels an i.age equates to for every inch of print. I hope that helps

[@delorusclaiborne3274]

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