Digital BW, The Print

Did you guys say Photoshop 7? That was so long ago I don't even
remember it. The smart bi cubic resampling improvements in CS has made
that ancient history.



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Moody"
<moodymz3@y...> wrote:
> I agree that it is a great program, and I'm glad to own it, for many
reasons
> other than image quality.
> I do think it's a bit of a stretch to say the quality was not even
close.
> If you attempt to do a good job up-rezzing and sharpening in PS7 to
the same
> PPI as Qimage, you can get very close to the same results.  Of
course Qimage
> makes it so easy, why would you, but it can be done.
> 
> Best regards,
> John Moody
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
> scott_now_coming
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 12:36 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] QImage (was:Re: BO "graininess")
> 
> > Qimage's extrapolation + sharpening is the step before the
> dithering by
> > the driver starts, the quality of Qimage is in the better
> algorithms for
> > extrapolation + the print sharpening adapted to the native printer
> > resolution. The driver then doesn't touch the bitmap loaded but
> only to
> > dither that bitmap on the channels.
> >
> > Ernst
> 
> 
> FWIW, IMO, QImage is the best printing program you can get,
> concerning print quality.
> 
> It's the Vector and Pyramid interpolation that make it so great. Not
> to mention, the smart sharpening feature.
> 
> I've used nothing but QImage to print with since early on went I
> went "digital" and made a comparison betweem QI, PS7, Windows and
> printing through the Epson software.
> 
> QImage won hands down. Wasn't even close. I could tell the QI prints
> was a better print before it was fully ejected from the printer.
> 
> I highly recommend QImage.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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