On Dec 20, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > But upscaling for a 23 inch screen leaves a lot to be desired. And this new > to me term of Embiggering ( aka embiggering, etc) is just trying to get > something that is not there.
'Embiggening', a slang term peculiar to one very small subset of people, aka an inside joke. Ignore it, I was being a bit cutesy. > If it is not in the scan or photo detail cannot be gotten out of thin air or > thin pixels either. You're correct, scaling does not convey any more detail. However it's a better solution for a picture you do not have in the correct resolution than letting the mac stretch it. Here is the image I linked to earlier: <http://dbdev2.pharmacy.arizona.edu/miscjunk/smallcownose.jpg> Here it is blown up in SmillaEnlarger to screen size for a 27" iMac: <http://dbdev2.pharmacy.arizona.edu/miscjunk/cownose_rays.jpg> It's a little soft, a little grainy, but a lot better than just letting the Mac stretch it. For the purposes of having something pretty to have on my desktop it's perfectly acceptable, imo. YMMV. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
