Creating clouds in a large document

I need to create a slightly cloudy background for a tradeshow graphic. On a small scale, the Filter > Render > Clouds trick works fine. But when I do this on a huge scale... it's not so cute (see attached). Is there a way to create "clouds" on a large scale?

My instructions started with "Working in 16-bit mode...". That meant you should be in 16-bit mode before rendering clouds and enlarging. Converting to 16-bit afterwards will be pointless (but doesn't explain your image becoming "almost a black and white image").
16-bit mode allows much finer gradation of values. When enlarging the clouds image, the interpolated pixel values will have smaller steps in value than is available in 8-bit mode. The smaller steps result in less evident banding and pixelization in the enlargement.
Here's a screenshot contrasting two 1000% enlargements of Clouds, viewed at 100% zoom. The image on the left is the enlargement performed in 16-bit mode. On the right is the enlargement performed in 8-bit mode. The enlarged pixels are far more obvious in the 8-bit version.
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S_Atwood wrote:
Hello!
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