Enlarging HD image without distortion

What's the largest increase one can make on an HD video image without distortion in FCP?
And are there any plug-ins, filters, or programs that would allow further enlargement without distortion?
Thanks!

Pixels are Pixels, you enlarge them thus lowering your real resolution no matter how you do it. You have to do what 24, 30 may 60 frames for each second I think not. But some people have done it.
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How do i resize an image without distorting it?

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Try holding down Shift while resizing; this will constrain proportions.
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English support: http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=8989
English help: Http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=53209
German link for the first steps: http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/static.py?hl=de&page=guide.cs&guide=16027
To 2. Just look around in these pages, where your visitor is able to click from one image to another:
http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/projects/lightbox2/ (I use it)
http://www.shadowbox-js.com/ (I use it too)
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/resources/57-free-image-gallery-slideshow-and-ligh
Hans-G.

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jessicae28493569 wrote:
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> Hey Adrian,
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>
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Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
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Alternatively, see:
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Choose the version you have installed now:
OS X Yosemite- Reinstall OS X
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Imported analog video successfully and it is normal in the "Event" pane but when I move a clip into the "Project" pane, it enlarges it slightly and distorts it. How can I keep that from happening?

Imported analog video successfully and it is normal in the "Event" pane but when I move a clip into the "Project" pane, it enlarges it slightly and distorts it. How can I keep that from happening?

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InDesign: how to skew text blocks without distorting text?

I want to set up several large blocks of copy with these requirements:
- the baselines of the text are at an angle on the page
- the left and right edges of the text block are bang-on horizontal (aligned with the guides in the screenshot below)
- the text block can be enlarged or reduced without changing the angle of the left and right edges
- the letterforms themselves are not distorted
This screenshot shows what I'm after.
This screenshot shows the actual bounding box for the text block.
This screenshot shows how the angle of the text box changes when I change its size.
I think Illustrator has some sort of function that allows you to “zero” (reset any transformations to a 90-degree grid) an object after it’s been transformed. Not finding anything at all like that in InDesign. Nor am I finding any means to set a custom constrain angle which would allow me to use the direct selection tool (the white arrow) to change height or width with confidence.
I would appreciate any tips! Thanks for your attention.

I do it with the example of turning. Skewing works the same way.
1. Draw your rectangle, I applied a text frame based baseline grid (textframe options)
2. With the selection tool or with the transform tool turn the whole frame in a direction, you can do it also with entering the value in the Transform Panel, what I would recommend.
3. Now select the Direct selection tool (white arrow) and hold down the ALT key and klick on the frame. Now only the frame is selected. Turn it back in the other direction, or insert the value into the transform panel.
I have also another method to offer:
Draw the main frame with the text tool.
Draw a small frame above, it must be much smaller than the main frame.
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Select both frames.
Go to the Pathfinder > Add.
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I have an image of approx. 1000x1000px... I need to make the image 500x200. Everytime I try to resize the image it comes out looking "stretched". Is there any way of resizing or shrinking the image in photoshop without distorting the image?
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The other way is Downsize the image from 1000x1000px to 200x200px there will be no distortion now add canvas to make the image 500x200pxb you will have what you want no distortion your whole image with a 300x200 side border

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Hey guys, I usually try my best to not ask for help and figure stuff out myself. But this last week i've been having big problems with this work project.
My goal is to load images from disk, and append them to each other to create one big image.
The images are 0-9.jpg each file containing a number in it. then i create one big file with 4 numbers in it. called final.jpg.
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any help you guys can provide would be really incredibly helpfull at this point. I have searched these threads for a few hours without luck. I found only 1 real post related to my problem, but eventually they said use MediaTracker = new Mediatracker( new Panel() ); which i can't use. :(
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yeah tried doing that, didn't work either.
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I FINALLY found a way...
and here it is for others to find!
public BufferedImage getImage(String filename) throws Exception {
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How can I attach an image without the image is in the email body? (using the new mail the Lion)
I want in attachment, not in the body mail.

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Read this from a site I found:
Sending Graphical Attachments -- When you attach a graphical image to your message, the recipient of your message sees the image inline (that is, in the body of the message) if her email client supports inline display. ("Take Control of Email with Apple Mail" contains a table listing the capabilities of popular Mac and PC email clients.) If a client does not support inline display (or the recipient has turned off the inline display option), the file appears as an attachment that must be opened in a separate program.
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Note that when you compose a new message, Mail always shows attachments in the body of your message. You can manually drag them somewhere else, but many email clients display all attachments in a separate list, regardless of where you place them in the message body.
If you paste an image into a message or drag & drop an image from another window (say, a Web browser), Mail converts the raw image data to an attachment in TIFF format. On the other hand, if you drag & drop the icon of an image file (or use the Attach button to locate the file using the file browser), Mail leaves the attached image in its original format. This difference is significant, because although most email clients can display JPEG images just fine, support for TIFF - especially in non-Mac email clients - is less common. If possible, I suggest attaching image files as opposed to pasting or dragging in raw image data.

Can I delete all of the images in "All Images" without losing any originals?

Can I delete all of the images in "All Images" without losing any original photos? Thank you.

Simply: iPhoto is a database. Like all databases it requires that you manipulat the data via the tools provided and not through backdoors. If you delete matter managed by iPhoto (or for that matter, any database) through some other means then the database will be unaware of the deletions. The database will not reflect the changes and you'll have significant issues going forward with iPhoto.
So, to be really, really clear: if you delete Photos managed by iPhoto via the All Images search you will corrupt your Library.
It's your computer, your images and your iPhoto. You have the information, you decide how to use it.
Regards
TD

I have connected my macbook pro to my tv via MDP to HDMI port cable, all that is showing up is the basic desktop image without any icons, what do i do to correct this

i have connected my macbook pro to my tv via MDP to HDMI port cable, all that is showing up is the basic desktop image without any icons, what do i do to correct this

Your MBP is running in "extended desktop" mode, where the two screens together make one larger area to display windows. You can drag one or more windows from the primary (internal) screen to the secondary (TV) screen. By default, the secondary screen is off to the right of the primary screen.
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