Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

I did my own comparison a couple of weeks ago and determined that the RAW 
interpolation is at least as good as bringing the image in at native resolution and scaling 
via.

Any additional scaling I use the Bicubic Smoother.

I tried this compared to Incremental 10% steps (Stair Interpolation) and I preferred the Raw 
and Bicubic Smoother options by a small margin.

Every comparison I have seen to this versus standalone scaling tools I find uncompelling. 
i.e. Just use the scaling in Photoshop and quit worrying about it.

I just made several 24x36 inch prints from scaled Canon 10D RAW files. I was amazed. 
Definitely better than enlarging 35mm or 2 1/4 film to a similar size.

The client was very happy with the result.

James Haney



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Schaefer" 
<steve_schaefer@m...> wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone has done an A-B comparison between
> Photoshops 10% Bicubic 
> interpolation verses Photoshops Camera Raw plug-in. I am about to
> print several digital 
> files large and am curious about the best way to do the interpolation.
> 
> Also if there is a third party product out there that you think does
> a better job than 
> photoshop I am interested in hearing about that also, especially if
> you have done a side by 
> side comparison of all three methods.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Steve