how to lighten an image on illustrator cs4

You can have a look of this:http://www.orkron.com/2009/03/21/illustrator-cs4-cool-but-frustrating/

Hope it can give you some help!

I guess it just depends on how you plan on doing this, how big you want to make it in comparison to what it was before etc

i mean, if the image is 50x50 (px) and you want to make it 400x400 (px) then i guess you will need to spend some time tidying the image up to make it appear normal.

I cant give you an exact technical answer, however i hope my "2 cents" have helped you in some way.

for more, you can view this page

http://www.ozzu.com/digital-art-forum/how-enlarge-image-losing-quality-t54163.html

It is very simple to add border to a picture in Adobe illustrator. Once you practice it for a few times you can get over it. And make perfect borders for your pictures. See the link below for step by step guide.
www.illustratortips.com

hello! there is a link of tutorial about this for you, i hope it will be useful.

www.ninisworld.com/thecorner/tutorials/imgintxt.html