you can't add quality back. whatever resolution the shot was taken at natively is what you've got to work with. in your case, yes its going to be pixelated as F. the dog on the dock is a much better place to start.
you can "cheat" it a bit, by doing stuff in photo editing like adding "sharpness" and artificially bumping up the DPI of the image to smooth out the native resolution at large sizes but you're still just manipulating the guts of whatever level you started at. in other words its like trying to put a polish and coat of wax over a hood that's been rock chipped and swirl marked in order to make it look freshly painted. it'll look nice enough far away, but you'll clearly notice up close.
i get this all the time from clients that take washed out, pixelated 72dpi phone pics with half their head eclipsing the sun and then ask me why i can't turn it into a professional-grade headshot for their company listing
you can "cheat" it a bit, by doing stuff in photo editing like adding "sharpness" and artificially bumping up the DPI of the image to smooth out the native resolution at large sizes but you're still just manipulating the guts of whatever level you started at. in other words its like trying to put a polish and coat of wax over a hood that's been rock chipped and swirl marked in order to make it look freshly painted. it'll look nice enough far away, but you'll clearly notice up close.
i get this all the time from clients that take washed out, pixelated 72dpi phone pics with half their head eclipsing the sun and then ask me why i can't turn it into a professional-grade headshot for their company listing
2010 Civic Si
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT