Digital BW, The Print

John...Interesting post.  I know little about up-sampling, but I 
take it from your post that if I stair-step with PS CS I should get 
results comparable to using the specialized software like GF.  Is 
this correct?  thanks...Val




   --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John 
Vitollo" <jvlist@c...> wrote:
> "Joe Davajon" wrote:
> > I'm wondering if any of you are using Genuine Fractals.  On the 
face of it, the 
> > program sounds good. 
> 
> Genuine Fractals uses a proprietary file format and just has 
strange work flow. Who knows 
> in five years if the GF file format will be around. Anyway your 
best bet is to use Photoshop 
> CS as it has a much improved algorithm for upsizing.
> 
> Visit: http://www.interpolatethis.com/ and go to the forums.
> 
> I have tested SmartScale; S-Spline; GF; Photoshop CS and stair 
stepping in Photoshop 7 
> and CS and it's all so close - some images up rez better in one 
program than another but 
> could never find the common denominator as to why.
> 
> With that said I will say S-Spline and Fred Miranda's Stair 
Interpolation Pro seemed the 
> most consistent out of all of them.
> 
> Try Fred's first - it's pretty cool and easy to use.
> 
> http://www.fredmiranda.com/software/