Can I increase the quality of my photos?

Unfortunately, no — once a photo has been taken, its quality and resolution are fixed by the camera used. There’s no way to “enhance” a low-resolution image after the fact.

If a photo appears blurry, pixelated, or triggers a low-resolution warning in our editor, here are a few tips to improve your project’s photo quality::

• Always shoot at the highest resolution available in your camera or phone settings.

• Avoid using screenshots, photos downloaded from Facebook, or ones received by email, as they are often compressed.

• If you're emailing a photo to yourself from your phone, you may be asked to select a size for the image - be sure to select ‘Actual Size’ for the best quality.

• If someone else sent you the image, ask them for the original high res file.

• If you’ve resized or cropped a photo in another program, try going back to the original version from your camera or phone.

Once a photo has been downsized, there’s no reliable way to restore its resolution — so using the full-size original is your best bet for sharp, high-quality prints.