Upscale a Photo for an 8×10 Print

2,400 by 3,000 is the whole story

Eight times 300 is 2,400. Ten times 300 is 3,000. A 12-megapixel phone photo, uncropped, is already larger than that. A crop of one face from that photo often is not. Measure the crop, not the camera badge. The calculator takes the pixel width and height you type and the 8 by 10 inches, and it reports the limiting edge. If that number is already past 300, spend the credit on denoise or unblur only if those defects are real.

If you are short, divide the gap. A 1,200-pixel-wide crop needs 2× to approach the eight-inch side and may still be short on the ten-inch side. 4× takes a 800-pixel edge to 3,200, which clears the frame and starts to invent. That mode is Pro, $12 a month, two credits, full-size download. Guest 2× can show you the invention at a smaller scale before you pay. The guest download itself cannot be the 8×10 master.

150 ppi on an 8×10 is 1,200 by 1,500. That can look acceptable in a frame across a sideboard and soft in the hand. Be honest about where the frame will sit. Do not call a 150 ppi file a 300 ppi file by changing the tag. The lab prints the pixels.

A frame is a likeness test

People look at an 8×10 of a face for longer than they look at a 4×6 on a fridge. Face restore, if you use it, has to survive a comparison with another picture of the same person. 4× without face restore is the quieter path when the face is small but intact. Waxy skin is especially obvious at this size. Stop the denoise early.

Pro batches twelve and Studio forty after one 8×10 has been proofed, not before. Free pages show ads. No watermark on the preview or the paid file. Cancel anytime. The month is not refunded. Failures are not charged. JPEG, PNG, WebP, and AVIF only. The master is deleted from our storage after 24 hours, so put it on the disk you will hand to the lab.

An 8×10 people stare at

2,400 by 3,000 is the 300 ppi frame, and an uncropped phone photo often clears it while a face crop does not. Measure the crop. 150 ppi, 1,200 by 1,500, can sit on a sideboard and look soft in the hand. The free download cannot be the 300 ppi master. Pro or Studio can. 4× of a small crop clears the frame and can invent a face. Look at 2× first, on the free tool, the same day.

This is the size where waxy skin becomes the whole portrait. Stop the denoise while hair still breaks the edge. Skip face restore unless the face has collapsed and another photograph of the person is on the desk. A good optical scan of a smaller print may already be enough pixels. Rescan before you buy an enlargement of a bad scan.

Batch twelve only after one 8×10 is a file you would frame. The credits do not roll over. The month is not refunded if the second frame disappoints you. The framed object lives on your disk. The job row is gone in a day, original and result, whether the frame has been picked up or not.

What to keep beside the slider

Desk frames are where relatives notice wax and halos. 2,400 by 3,000 is 300 ppi. An uncropped phone photo often has it. A crop of one person often does not. 4× can close the gap and can also invent the person. The guest 2× is the cheap witness. The free download cannot be the master. Pro or Studio can. A good 600 ppi scan of a smaller print may already be larger than this frame. Rescan a bad one before you enlarge it. Stop denoise while hair still has a broken edge.

Proof the frame you would actually give. Batch the rest only after that. Twelve on Pro, forty on Studio. Credits reset with the period and do not accumulate. A cancelled subscription keeps the days you paid and does not return the money. The TIFF master, if you made one, stays with you. We never decoded it. The JPEG you uploaded is gone in a day, along with the result, whether the frame shop has called you back or not.

The decision you can defend

2,400 by 3,000 is the strict 8×10. Crops fail that count more often than uncropped phone photos. The free download cannot be the master. Look at 2× before 4×, and stop the denoise while hair still has an edge. One framed proof, then a batch. The file you frame is the one you downloaded.