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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 603156" data-attributes="member: 18896">There is the rule to not upscale any images on thetvdb.com, but I still do it when a show has no artwork at all, and high res is hard to find. I'm sure more users concur that it is better to have 'something', then nothing, what's the point otherwise. Of course, once proper material comes available, the crappy quality stuff should be removed.But exhaust any option you have to obtain higher quality material on Google/Bing image searches first.Of course limit the upscalling, minimum requirements for backdrop is 720p, as in 1280x720, so don't upscale a 200x180 image, but a 1024x768 with the right graphic tools can create a very nice 1280x720 result with a little bit of cropping to avoid stretching. If you are talented enough you can also do the actual reason for fanarts and that is to create your own backdrop, usually by editing/merging multiple images.Paint.NET and Gimp are free graphic tools that can upscale very nicely as well as be used to edit/merge, assuming you don't already have a better one such as PaintShopPro or PhotoShop. Even Vista/Win7 Paint does a reasonable job, but Paint.NET has better algorithms/plugins.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 603156, member: 18896"] There is the rule to not upscale any images on thetvdb.com, but I still do it when a show has no artwork at all, and high res is hard to find. I'm sure more users concur that it is better to have 'something', then nothing, what's the point otherwise. Of course, once proper material comes available, the crappy quality stuff should be removed. But exhaust any option you have to obtain higher quality material on Google/Bing image searches first. Of course limit the upscalling, minimum requirements for backdrop is 720p, as in 1280x720, so don't upscale a 200x180 image, but a 1024x768 with the right graphic tools can create a very nice 1280x720 result with a little bit of cropping to avoid stretching. If you are talented enough you can also do the actual reason for fanarts and that is to create your own backdrop, usually by editing/merging multiple images. Paint.NET and Gimp are free graphic tools that can upscale very nicely as well as be used to edit/merge, assuming you don't already have a better one such as PaintShopPro or PhotoShop. Even Vista/Win7 Paint does a reasonable job, but Paint.NET has better algorithms/plugins. [/QUOTE]

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