Digital BW, The Print

I tried the demo too and though its faster than others I'm not convinced its any better 
either.  I've been using S-spline which for my work is clearly better than 
Photoshop bicubic or Fred's stair step routine.  If you haven't seen s-spline you 
should check it out. I think the basic version is only like $50   The only problem with 
it is its sort of slow.  It seems to be better for organic shapes than straight lines.  I 
think GF is the opposite but I never liked GF plus you can do the lanzos algorithim 
with S-spline if you like.   The one software I haven't tried for upressing images is 
VFzoom.   

Regards,
Eric Hiss
http://www.eh21.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, davajon <davajon@s...> 
wrote:
> 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@m...> 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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