[Leica] IMG: Extreme Enlargement

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Jayanand and Sonny.

A "stand alone" makes for easier installation, but more complex work 
flow.  I'll certainly consider it.

On 8/2/20 10:21 PM, Sonny Carter via LUG wrote:
> It is a PC, but I think it is the same.
>
> As Jay says, I don't think it works as a plugin.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
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> On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 10:05 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Sonny.  Are you on a PC or a Mac?
>>
>> On 8/2/20 10:01 PM, Sonny Carter via LUG wrote:
>>> Gigapixel also has denoise and deblur sliders.  I just used it on my
>> highly
>>> cropped dragonfly to make a 16x20 print.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Sonny
>>> http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/>
>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>>> 1714
>>> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
>>>
>>> USA
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 9:54 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> wrote:
>>>> That might well be, Jayanand.  Now that I realize how well their
>>>> software works, I may take a look at it.  My only real hesitation stems
>>>> from the fact that we had to get guidance from their technicians to get
>>>> Denoise to install as a PS Plugin on my iMac. It is fine now, but
>>>> placing the filter in the proper address was a bit tricky.  And I had a
>>>> professional programmer doing it!
>>>>
>>>> On 8/2/20 9:42 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
>>>>> I would suggest the sister programme  to Topaz Denoise, Topaz AI
>>>> Gigapixel
>>>>> would be more useful for such cropping.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Jayanand
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 3:11 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> As I have gotten older, camera and lens weight has become more
>> important
>>>>>> to me.  I find that modern post-processing software such as Topaz
>>>>>> Denoise AI (Thanks, Moose) can expand what I can do with a small
>>>>>> package.  Just to take this premise to the extreme, this image was
>> shot
>>>>>> with my Olympus Mirrorless E-M1 and Olympus 50/2.0 Macro lens and
>>>>>> cropped down to 2% of the original image size. Processing was in LR,
>> PS
>>>>>> and Denoise AI.  I chose to post a larger crop, but there is still
>>>>>> reasonable detail at this extreme crop size.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200802-P8022805.JPG.html
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>>>
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