How do you make pictures on the computer bigger?

Question

Like for IMVU (imvu.com) to make pics for my avatar how can you make them bigger than a thumb nail size with out them being all pixel Like?

Answer 1

First can you give a link to some picture example that shows what your talking about. But based on what you said try this Use some photo editing software. Your printer probably came with some. Pictures with low starting resolutions get grainy quicker as you enlarge them. If I took 2 pictures of the same thing and one picture my camera was set to 2 mega pixels and the secong picture my camera was set to 5 mega pixel. If I tried to make each one a 2 foot by 3 foot poster the 2 mega pixel picture would be more grainy than the 5 mega pixel one. I have also found if I am saving a picture from the web the smaller the dimensions (an example) 200x300 looks grainy if I try to use it as a desktop picture, but a 1400 x 1600 looks great.