Paul, thanks, that's a useful piece of information. Brad
On 20/11/04 17:44, "Paul D. DeRocco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> From: Brad Davis >> >> Anybody using Genuine Fractals as a way to up sample images? My scanner >> provides very high resolution compared to my (current) digital camera, but >> there are times when I have taken an image with the digital camera that I >> would like to enlarge. I've had some success with Photoshop's >> BiCubic - it >> depends on the image - but I've wondered about Genuine Fractals. >> >> I know the theory, and it makes a lot of sense to me, but my experience is >> that there is often some distance between theory and implementation. >> >> So, has anyone used Genuine Fractals as a primary means of up sampling to >> allow much larger prints than logically should be done from an >> original like >> a 1.5 MegPixel jpeg (down from a 5 Megpixel digital photograph)? > > I think it works pretty well, if the image has some sharp edges in it, > because it is somewhat able to recognize edges, and artificially preserve > them when blowing the image up. If you overuse it, say beyond 4X in each > dimension, it starts to look artificial. > > -- > > Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco > Paul mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe > filmscanners' > or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or > body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
