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Re: [Digital BW] Genuine Fractals Resizing for printing?

2010-10-29 by Steve Kale

Benvista can't be beaten


On 29 Oct 2010, at 03:15, Paul wrote:

> (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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