Digital BW, The Print

Hi Paul,
We do a lot of large here and are always checking our options to raise the bar.. Over all it's tough to beat GF ..it's easy fast and typically does the best job..  We add one more step quite often that helps ring the rag out a bit more.. Using channels and the find edges technique build a custom sharpening mask.. It's not always necessary but these two working together, I think, can't be beat. If you haven't tried it give it a go I'm sure you'll be surprised.. Especially if sharp is your thing.

jimbo
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 8:15 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Genuine Fractals Resizing for printing?


    
  (I hope this is not too far off the forum's scope.)

  In searching for the best way to make the sharpest print I can, I've taken a quick look at Genuine Fractals re-sizing software. 

  I think it may do a better job of up-sizing images to 720 dpi for printing than if left to the printer software. 

  A comparison sample of image files is here:
  http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/GF.jpg

  In the past I've thought that GF preserves edges better than the alternatives, but I have not done a recent survey of the alternatives. The GF image in the sample, above, does look better to me than the bicubic method, which is what I'd guess printer software uses.

  Paul
  www.PaulRoark.com 



  

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