Scale placed rasters; redraw marks that must stay crisp
Design suites still suffer when you drop a small PNG onto a 4K artboard. Interpolating first with progressive 2× Canvas (optional light sharpen) gets you closer to final density so Photoshop smart objects, Canva frames, Figma image fills, and Illustrator embeds start less mushy. That helps photos, textures, and screenshots. It is the wrong fix for a 64 px logo that must print on a truck: recreate in vectors (SVG, AI, Figma components). Raster enlarge is a bridge. Prefer PNG for logos with flat color and type; JPEG for photographs. Convert HEIC brand photos first. Cap 10,000 px — enough for most mockups; a 10k-wide texture will also slow Figma. Do not oversharpen brand marks; halos on geometric letters look amateur. JPG to PNG is useful when you need a lossless handoff before a quality pass. Background removal before scale keeps product cutouts clean. This Instant path never stores client files on Convertify4u. GIF 256-color assets should be remade as PNG, not “enlarged as GIF.” If a client emailed a screenshot of a screenshot of the logo, stop and ask for the brand kit. One honest “we need the SVG” email beats three rounds of mushy mockups.