Low Res to High Res Help!!!

I need some advise. I have still jpegs and tiffs that I need to convert up from a low resolution, without pixelating the picture (Low resolution to High Resolution. I own Adobe CS3(the suite)which include Photoshop. If photoshop is not the answer, please let me know what is. If photoshop is the answer, I can't seem to get the right tool within. Is it even possible? Simply changing the property of the image will make it larger, but very distorted/pixelated.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Youtube's specs can be obtained form the technical advice section of their site. I believe it's MPEG4, which is H.264. But you must not confuse the term resolution with image quality. Whatever you upload to to YT gets transcoded by their system before it gets mounted. There are hundreds of sites devoted to getting the best image up on YT, google is your buddy on that one. there are several places in the workflow where you can attempt to maintain image quality. it's tricky, depends on your content. encoding is all about maximizing image quality at various points. Action requires a higher bitrate that can be stolen from scenes that have little detail.
It's really hard to get good encoded video, especially up on YT.
bogiesan

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