Digital BW, The Print

Alan,

I think a little confusion may have set in here. SI (Stair Interpolation), like GF, is for "rezzing up" image files. SI does not sharpen, nor does GF. However, I noticed that Fred's new PRO versions of SI do have an unsharp mask step built in. It must be a mild application of unsharp mask because subsequent sharpening of the image does not cause any problems.

I use Fred's actions mainly on image files from digital cameras. My large format B&W work does not require any interpolation to obtain the prints sizes I normally output.

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
Alan

-----Original Message-----
From:	Alan Zinn [SMTP:AZinn@...]
Sent:	Saturday, August 10, 2002 7:56 PM
To:	DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject:	RE: [Digital BW] Stair Interpolation

At 01:36 PM 8/10/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Mark,
>
>I have several of Fred's actions: LPBatch, CSPro, SIPro, DigitalVelvia, to
name a few. All work as advertised. And, you can't beat 'em for the price! I
have directly compared SIPro (stair interpolation) to GF, and CSPro
(sharpening) to nik Sharpner Pro, and Fred's actions consistently perform as
well as or better than software products costing hundreds of $$. Highly
recommended! Fred's gallery pages are a feast for the eyes, too. Surf on
over.......
>
>Best regards,
>Alan
>

May be a dumb question but: does Stairstep sharpen regular PS files better
than GF or is it designed for digital camera images mainly? 

thanks,

AZ
Maker of Lookaround panoramic camera.
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