Here we go. Please check the archives and stop this thread again. On Oct 7, 2005, at 4:13 PM, djon43 wrote: > > Frank, you've inadvertantly stirred up more bandwidth waste than you > wanted. > > Some easy answers, maybe they work for you: > > 1) It's often said that bicubic in CS is reliably better for "general > use" than Genuine Fractals, but this may compare bicubic to old GF > releases (just a suspicion). > > 2) To compare bicubic (which you have if you have CS) with Lancosz and > a variety of similar applications, the cheapest way is with Qimage. > http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage/ > > Qimage suffers constant updates and it's not intuitive. The front end > is user-unfriendly but the documentation's well written. It should be > much more popular. Using Qimage and Lancosz I've had amazingly good > results at 18" with scans of 35mm negs that look terrible as > "straight" inkjet prints at 11". Beyond my comprehension :-) > > > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "frankg_photo" > <fh.gross@s...> wrote: > > > > any thoughts on whether it's better to use Bicubic Smoother or > Genuine > > Fractals (PrintPro) to enlarge files from a digital camera ? > > > > The idea of course is to be able to print larger images at the > epson's > > favoured 360dpi > > > > thanks > > Frank > > > > > > > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other > resources as they are often being updated. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you > wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by > visiting this same page. > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages > to keep them short. > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or > flames. Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed > from the membership without notice. > - Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital > B&W printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be > removed from the membership. > - By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules > and guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the > group Owner and Moderators. See �Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines� > in the Files section: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/ > > BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE > PRINT YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE > �OWNER� AND �MODERATORS� OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL > NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, > CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, > DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER > INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE �OWNER� AND �MODERATORS� OF DIGITAL > BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF > SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE > THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO > OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR > CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO > GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE > PRINT YAHOO GROUP. > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Digital wedding photography Learn digital photography Digital > photography college > Digital photography Digital photography web site Digital > photography course > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > Visit your group "DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: [Digital BW] Re: 'up-res' files - Bicubic Smoother or GF?
2005-10-07 by Mark Savoia
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