[filmscanners] Genuine fractals?????
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)? Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
RE: filmscanners: Genuine Fractals Help?
probably, they are matched and all the same chips (micron) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Les Berkley Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Genuine Fractals Help? On 9/20/01 6:07 PM, "Mike Duncan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> If you are outside the United States, and you have purchased the Nikon >> 4000, >>> can you please tell me if your scanner came bundled with Genuine Fractals? >> >> I can tell you that the Nikon scanners sold in Canada do not come with >> Genuine Fractals. I believe it is a Nikon USA only bundle. > > I received Genuine Fractals with my Nikon IV, but I haven't figured out how > to use it. The only thing that shows up in PS LE5 is the Fractile export > which seems to save a cruddy looking image. Any tips? > > Mike Duncan > > > Hi! Use the "Save As" option and save as Genuine Fractals, using the .stn format. Les
Re: filmscanners: Genuine Fractals Help?
> I received Genuine Fractals with my Nikon IV, but I haven't figured out how > to use it. The only thing that shows up in PS LE5 is the Fractile export > which seems to save a cruddy looking image. Any tips? We have GF (stand alone program) and the way we use it, is in the 'save as' or 'save a copy' function in Photoshop. Instead of saving the file as a tiff, jpg, (or whatever) save it as a Genuine Fractals image (an 'stn'). then open the stn file, and you are ready to proceed. Oh...we have the full Photoshop 5.5, not the LE Harvey Ferdschneider partner, SKID Photography, NYC
Re: filmscanners: Genuine Fractals Help?
On 9/20/01 6:07 PM, "Mike Duncan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> If you are outside the United States, and you have purchased the Nikon >> 4000, >>> can you please tell me if your scanner came bundled with Genuine Fractals? >> >> I can tell you that the Nikon scanners sold in Canada do not come with >> Genuine Fractals. I believe it is a Nikon USA only bundle. > > I received Genuine Fractals with my Nikon IV, but I haven't figured out how > to use it. The only thing that shows up in PS LE5 is the Fractile export > which seems to save a cruddy looking image. Any tips? > > Mike Duncan > > > Hi! Use the "Save As" option and save as Genuine Fractals, using the .stn format. Les
Re: filmscanners: Genuine Fractals Help?
> > If you are outside the United States, and you have purchased the Nikon >4000, >> can you please tell me if your scanner came bundled with Genuine Fractals? > >I can tell you that the Nikon scanners sold in Canada do not come with >Genuine Fractals. I believe it is a Nikon USA only bundle. I received Genuine Fractals with my Nikon IV, but I haven't figured out how to use it. The only thing that shows up in PS LE5 is the Fractile export which seems to save a cruddy looking image. Any tips? Mike Duncan
Re: filmscanners: Genuine Fractals
At 18:52 05-04-01 -0700, you wrote: >When I tried to use Genuine Fractal, I saved a TIFF file produced by Vuescan >to GF's STN file in Photoshop. When I retrieved the file and tried to scale >it, I saw a thumbnail of the photo that had a heavy pattern embedded. When >I opened the scaled image, the photo had the pattern overlay (I am guessing >here) that all but obliterated the image. Does anyone know what I am doing >wrong? Is this a license disabling device? GF came with no instructions >and no serial number. I did not even see a serial number insertion on the >installation. Are you sure this isnt the criss cross pattern produced by the trial version of Vuescan which can be removed by inserting your reg no in the box in HELP/ABOUT Stuart >Any reference to documentation would also be helpful. > >Thanks, Doug Landrum, Digital Dunce.
filmscanners: Genuine Fractals
To report on my problem with Genuine Fractals: 1. Thanks to all for your responses. 2. Independently, I found an Altamira support phone line in the Nikon readme file, called, spoke to a very friendly woman that gave me the tip that I was improperly trying to save a 16 bit per channel file and that 16 bits per channel flies will not function with GF. 3. I tried GF with an 8 bit per channel file and it worked fine. 4. The Coolscan IV comes with a full version of Genuine Fractals 2.0. 5. My digital education continues - I can put away the dunce hat and rejoin the first grade class. Thanks, Doug Landrum, Digital First Grader
RE: filmscanners: Genuine Fractals
I just checked the Altamira web site, located at http://206.63.152.155/default.asp I found the following: You have the light version of GF 2.0 bundled with your scanner and you register it from the web site. The site also notes: The Genuine Fractals LE software included in the bundle enables users of the Coolscan line to save images as resolution-free files that can be enlarged far beyond their original size with surprisingly high-quality results. Genuine Fractals 2.0 LE lets you start with up to 8 MB of data in your images and enlarge them up to 64 MB. In short you are limited to 8MB files. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Douglas Landrum Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 8:53 PM To: Scanner List Subject: filmscanners: Genuine Fractals I bought a Nikon Coolscan IV about 10 days ago that has a full version of Genuine Fractals bundled in. There was no documentation for Genuine Fractals. Altamira's web site is useless. I have loaded Fractals as a plugin to Photoshop 6.0.1. When I tried to use Genuine Fractal, I saved a TIFF file produced by Vuescan to GF's STN file in Photoshop. When I retrieved the file and tried to scale it, I saw a thumbnail of the photo that had a heavy pattern embedded. When I opened the scaled image, the photo had the pattern overlay (I am guessing here) that all but obliterated the image. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? Is this a license disabling device? GF came with no instructions and no serial number. I did not even see a serial number insertion on the installation. Any reference to documentation would also be helpful. Thanks, Doug Landrum, Digital Dunce.
Re: filmscanners: Genuine Fractals
Contact GF at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good luck. - Original Message - From: "Douglas Landrum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Scanner List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 7:52 PM Subject: filmscanners: Genuine Fractals > I bought a Nikon Coolscan IV about 10 days ago that has a full version of > Genuine Fractals bundled in. There was no documentation for Genuine > Fractals. Altamira's web site is useless. I have loaded Fractals as a > plugin to Photoshop 6.0.1. > > When I tried to use Genuine Fractal, I saved a TIFF file produced by Vuescan > to GF's STN file in Photoshop. When I retrieved the file and tried to scale > it, I saw a thumbnail of the photo that had a heavy pattern embedded. When > I opened the scaled image, the photo had the pattern overlay (I am guessing > here) that all but obliterated the image. Does anyone know what I am doing > wrong? Is this a license disabling device? GF came with no instructions > and no serial number. I did not even see a serial number insertion on the > installation. Any reference to documentation would also be helpful. > > Thanks, Doug Landrum, Digital Dunce. > > >
RE: filmscanners: Genuine Fractals
>a full version of >Genuine Fractals bundled in. There was no documentation for Genuine >Fractals. Altamira's web site is useless. By full version, what do you mean? There are several different full versions of GF ( there is Genuine Fractals 2.0, Genuine Fractals Pro, and Genuine Fractals Light which depending on your definitions is a full version as opposed to a demo version) Which version do you have? Did GF come on a CD? If so, there should be documentation on that CD as well including a readme. As for the web site, I am inclined to disagree with you. You have to work a little to find the pertinent information on the site but much of it - if not all of it - is there. It may not be there under the labels of manual or documentations; instead it may be found under FAQ or some other heading. Was the .tif file you were trying to save as a .stn file a 16 bit file or an 8 bit file? GF does not work with the 16 bit .tif (otherwise named 32 or 48 bit) file, you have to convert them to 8 bit (otherwise known as 24 bit) files. GF also works with flattened files without any layers. Moreover, if the version is GF 2.0 or GF light, it will only work with RBG files. As for it being license disabled, you need to check with Nikon or the scanner documentation, who are responsible for the bundling of the program on that. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Douglas Landrum Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 8:53 PM To: Scanner List Subject: filmscanners: Genuine Fractals I bought a Nikon Coolscan IV about 10 days ago that has a full version of Genuine Fractals bundled in. There was no documentation for Genuine Fractals. Altamira's web site is useless. I have loaded Fractals as a plugin to Photoshop 6.0.1. When I tried to use Genuine Fractal, I saved a TIFF file produced by Vuescan to GF's STN file in Photoshop. When I retrieved the file and tried to scale it, I saw a thumbnail of the photo that had a heavy pattern embedded. When I opened the scaled image, the photo had the pattern overlay (I am guessing here) that all but obliterated the image. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? Is this a license disabling device? GF came with no instructions and no serial number. I did not even see a serial number insertion on the installation. Any reference to documentation would also be helpful. Thanks, Doug Landrum, Digital Dunce.
filmscanners: Genuine Fractals
I bought a Nikon Coolscan IV about 10 days ago that has a full version of Genuine Fractals bundled in. There was no documentation for Genuine Fractals. Altamira's web site is useless. I have loaded Fractals as a plugin to Photoshop 6.0.1. When I tried to use Genuine Fractal, I saved a TIFF file produced by Vuescan to GF's STN file in Photoshop. When I retrieved the file and tried to scale it, I saw a thumbnail of the photo that had a heavy pattern embedded. When I opened the scaled image, the photo had the pattern overlay (I am guessing here) that all but obliterated the image. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? Is this a license disabling device? GF came with no instructions and no serial number. I did not even see a serial number insertion on the installation. Any reference to documentation would also be helpful. Thanks, Doug Landrum, Digital Dunce.
