Digital BW, The Print

I've tried the demo also.  I really see no difference between it and PS 
bicubic or Fred Miranda's action.  

VFzoom was from Celartem, right?  I noticed that Extensis says SmartScale is 
based on Celartem so I assume they are the same protocol.

Helene

>>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.


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