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Subject: [Leica] Genuine Fractals-any good?
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (robertmeier@usjet.net)
Date: Wed Oct 13 10:30:47 2004
References: <20041013165853.RLMR1692.simmts8-srv.bellnexxia.net@straylight>

Greg-

What do those 24x36 prints look like?

Bob


> Genuine Fractals works well.
> We had it at the newspaper for "pumping up" small files,
>
> My printer has used it to take files from a D100 (17.5 megs) and make 
> prints
> in excess of 24X36 inches.
>
> Go for it.
>
> Greg Locke
> St. John's, Newfoundland
> http://blog.greglocke.com
> -----------------------------
> Independent journalism from
> Newfoundland & Labrador
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org] On
>> Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 2:18 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: [Leica] Genuine Fractals-any good?
>>
>> I have decided to see if I can sell some photos via a UK
>> stock agency.
>> Maybe I can pay for a lens this way, who knows. Anyway, they
>> have minimum size requirements (48 MB for color, 16 MB for
>> grayscale) and suggest Genuine Fractals for upsampling if
>> needed. I checked on their web site, and the version I would
>> need is $150 with no free trial period. So, before I buy: is
>> this any good? Specifically, if I need to turn an 18 MB
>> Photoshop file into a 48 MB TIFF file, will the results be
>> any good? Or am I just wasting my money?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Nathan
>> --
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Almere, The Netherlands
>>
>> General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville
>> photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com
>>
>>
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