Digital BW, The Print

You may wish to check out this article:http://www.outbackphoto.com/workflow/wf_60/
essay.html

There is also a free plug in available at this site which will basically automate the 
procedure in the above article.  What you certainly want to do is make sure you output the 
full 16 bit(vs 8 bit) image file out of raw.  Photoshop CS contains new bicubic sharpening 
algorithims such as Bicubic Smooth for going up in size and Bicubic Sharper for going 
down which supposedly achieves excellent results in one step vs. the older "stepping" 
method(going up in 10% increments until desired size is reached).  I have always either 
used the stepping method with plain Bicubic OR the plug in PhotoZoom.  I have yet to 
really see a visible difference in any of the supposed super sizing plug ins vs. the plain 
stepping method.  Have yet to experiment with the free plug in above though.  Hope this 
helps.

Tariq


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Kale" <stevekale@b...> 
wrote:
> 
> A question for those  more used to working in RAW format.  Is there any advantage to 
> resizing an image in RAW (eg using Capture One Pro) rather than in PS?  Assume I know 
> how big I want the final image and am happy with whichever way will deliver the better 
> results for a known final print size.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Steve