Using Adobe Camera RAW to Enlarge Cropped RAW Files

[oldhippy]

Add me to the list of thankful. What a difference

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

I want to thank you again for this thread. I played with it for a couple of hours on some photos that I liked but had not worked on because of the amount I would have had to crop to get what I wanted. The results were better than I would have ever thought I could get. Also thanks to NIK and learning how to use it more to sharpen and remove noise.

Again thanks BackdoorHippie

 

[Blacktop]

My post pertains to considerations prior to editing. There are certainly methodologies on how to perform upscaling post-edit, but that's not what I'm addressing here. My point being that handling any artifacts from the upscaling is likely more convenient at the start of the editing process than it is at the end.

That said, when you are upscaling on an export it shouldn't matter if you are exporting to a jpeg or a tiff, assuming that no other manipulation will be done post-export. If you are going to have to apply corrections then I would export as a TIFF, open and edit that at size, and then save off as a final JPEG to save space.

Ok, I got it. Crop first. Upscale the crop, then save it.
Open the upscaled crop and then do post processing.

 

[BackdoorArts]

Ok, I got it. Crop first. Upscale the crop, then save it.
Open the upscaled crop and then do post processing.

Yes, when you're starting from scratch. When you have a cropped and edited shot you want to upscale then there are other options - including starting over.