[Leica] IMG: Extreme Enlargement

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

The results are excellent, but it certainly takes its time - even on my PC
with 64GB RAM, and SSD disks (including a dedicated one for swapfiles). Be
warned!

Cheers
Jayanand


On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 8:56 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> 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
> > http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/>
> > Natchitoches, Louisiana
> > 1714
> > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
> >
> > USA
> >
> >
> > 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
> >>>>>> --
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> >>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
> >>>>>>
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