Digital BW, The Print

I've downloaded the 30 day demo (full-featured). I have been experimenting
with the program for about 10 or 12 hours total blowing up segments of
portraits, test charts, digital and scanned photos, etc.  So far, my own
conclusion is that I cannot seem much if any difference between blowing up
1600 per cent with photoshop and with extensis.  Occasionally the extensis
does seem to be sharper, but the difference is not dramatic.  Most of the
time I can't seen any difference between the two.  I'm not sure I want to
spend $200 for a program which shows little or no benefit over straight
photoshop enlarging.  But I'd like to hear some other responses!  The demo
is free and good for 30 days.  Perhaps some of you might add some feedback.
Joe D.




On 7/11/03 9:00 AM, "Loring Palleske" <lorpal@...> wrote:

> Didn't know they were selling it.
> 
> Beta expires end of July. It was not available till the beginning of
> July. It says v 1.0
> 
> On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 09:11  AM, Simon Lamb wrote:
> 
>> I bought a full version running on Mac OS 10.2.6 and PS 7.  Are you
>> beta testing a new version for that platform?
>> 
>> Simon
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Loring Palleske
>>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>>   Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 1:05 PM
>>   Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Extensis SmartScale
>> 
>> 
>>   I am currently beta testing it (OSX - PS7). Once the beta expires I
>>   will let you know. I have just started playing with it so nothing
>>   definitive yet.
>> 
>>   On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 12:09  AM, Jamie Gannon wrote:
>> 
>>> http://www.extensis.com/pxlsmartscale/
>>> 
>>> Any reviews or knowledge of this Photoshop Plugin? Sounds too good to
>>> be
>>> true - I must assume therefore that it is. However, one can hope...
>>> 
>>> "With its ability to resize digital images up to 1600% of the original
>>> size
>>> with no discernable loss in print quality, SmartScale provides the
>>> most
>>> advanced scaling technology available."
>>> Hmmmm...
>>> 
>>> Absolutely no affiliation with the Extensis. Just looking to my peers
>>> for
>>> insight...
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> Jamie Gannon
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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> Regards,
> 
> Loring Palleske
> Creative Imaging
> 905.441.2661
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