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Work in an RGB colorspace from the start (before scaling). Scale to 150% of the final size, use the Despeckle filter and then the Add Noise filter (2%, Gaussian, Monochromatic). Repeat the Add Noise filter to-taste. Then scale to the final size.
It would be awful for print, but the technique usually works well for web graphics.
Edit: Oops! 'Just noticed... "i don't have Photoshop"...
Hmmm... tough one! GraphicConverter sucks at scaling.
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Your friend needs to consider more suitable imagery for her site. Or come up with another way to express what the image is conveying.
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Photoshop is kind of indispensable if you going to do websites. Nothing wrong with an old copy off eBay.
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[quote MysteryGuest]Photoshop is kind of indispensable if you going to do websites. Nothing wrong with an old copy off eBay.
i have a Classic copy of PS 5 or 6 i can jiggle. PS makes me nervous - i'm so lost in it. not that i'm much more versed in Graphic Converter, either. i'm not really a designer - i just play one on tv. i do my own website because i can't afford otherwise and this project is just a little favor for a friend.
this picture is of the cabin my friend rents. can't get much more suitable image than that.
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mysteryguest -
i tried your technique with PS 5 and it got it pretty close. the pic quality is, understandably, so different than the other photos i have. she can make the call as to whether we'll use it. thanks for you help.
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[quote graylocks]i have a Classic copy of PS 5 or 6 i can jiggle. PS makes me nervous - i'm so lost in it.
Graylocks, I understand. I think we've all been there. Spend a weekend with the Visual Quickstart Guide for your version. I guarantee you that things will be looking up by Monday. You should be able to get it for a few pennies on Amazon, used.
http://www.amazon.com/Photoshop-Windows-...57?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193611880&sr=8-1
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thanks, MG. actually, i've worked through parts of the Photoshop Classroom in the past. the problem a user like me runs into is use-it-or-lose-it. PS skills decay in this aging brain when i only need to pull it out once a year or less. same thing with the web design program i use, Freeway Pro. i design a site every 3 or 4 years. i just redesigned my site and since my friend needed a little one, i told her i'd knock it out for her while FW was still fresh in my mind. if she'd asked me 6 months from now, i probably would have said no given how much time i'd have to spend reacquainting myself with the app by then.
