Digital BW, The Print

i am getting ready to print my images on 17 x 22 paper.
the file size is 240 resolution , width 14.4 height 9.6
how can i resize it to fit the paper to make it as sharp as possible?
thanks,
jane

Jane

You're going to get a whole bunch of different answers ranging from stair
stepping in Photoshop (bicubic smoother in 5% increments) to Genuine
Fractals to Photozoom Pro.  At the end of the day its interpolation
mathematics and which process or algorithm produces the best results.  The
"latest technology" is definitely Photozoom's patented s-spline algorithm
but their product is relatively expensive.

Steve

> From: janealt <photos@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:29:03 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] resizing
> 
> 
> i am getting ready to print my images on 17 x 22 paper.
> the file size is 240 resolution , width 14.4 height 9.6
> how can i resize it to fit the paper to make it as sharp as possible?
> thanks,
> jane
>

Hello Jane,

>i am getting ready to print my images on 17 x 22 paper.
>the file size is 240 resolution , width 14.4 height 9.6
>how can i resize it to fit the paper to make it as sharp 
>as possible?

I suggest to go ahead and print it at 240.  You may find it's just
fine that way.  Then if you think it could be improved you could try
one of the different approaches to resizing and you'll have the
original 240 version to compare with the others.  You could start with
the bicubic one in Photoshop (be sure to do the experiments on a copy
of the original file), and then try one of the other commercial
products the other guys mentioned.  If they have demo versions maybe
you could try them and compare all the versions to see which one you
like the best.

It's worth the extra effort to do this the first time because you will
then know from your own experience what the differences are.  I'm sure
others here will be interested in what you find out, I know I will be. 


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

You might look at Qimage.  The resizing and sharpening features are
very good.
http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage/

Tom

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "janealt"
<photos@j...> wrote:

>
> 
> i am getting ready to print my images on 17 x 22 paper.
> the file size is 240 resolution , width 14.4 height 9.6
> how can i resize it to fit the paper to make it as sharp as possible?
> thanks,
> jane
>

I did a comparison by the way of the 3 interp. techniques you 
mentioned below plus QI Image, and PhotoPro Zoom S-spline based came 
out a bit better, but enough that I decided to buy it...
SteveB  

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale 
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
>
> Jane
> 
> You're going to get a whole bunch of different answers ranging from 
stair
> stepping in Photoshop (bicubic smoother in 5% increments) to Genuine
> Fractals to Photozoom Pro.  At the end of the day its interpolation
> mathematics and which process or algorithm produces the best 
results.  The
> "latest technology" is definitely Photozoom's patented s-spline 
algorithm
> but their product is relatively expensive.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> > From: janealt <photos@j...>
> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:29:03 -0000
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Digital BW] resizing
> > 
> > 
> > i am getting ready to print my images on 17 x 22 paper.
> > the file size is 240 resolution , width 14.4 height 9.6
> > how can i resize it to fit the paper to make it as sharp as 
possible?

> > thanks,
> > jane
> >
>