Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Question about the use of Genuine Fractals (and recommend printers)
From: Darrell Jennings <darrell_jennings@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 08:56:52 -0700 (PDT)

Joe, I think your decision on GF really should be
based on how you are going to work in terms of number
and size of images printed. 

GF will certainly save you disk space, but images at
1200 DPI will give you great results on many printers
if 8X10 (or 8.5x11) is as big as you want to go
without using GF.  I've printed lots of images this
size from 35mm negs and chromes scanned at 2400 DPI
without GF.  Sure the file sizes are pretty big, but
disk space is cheap these days, and options abound for
storing images on CD, DVD, tape, etc. 

For the price of GF you could buy close to a 100Gig
HD, so the financial impact of the disk space savings
really only matters if you want to store quite a few
images on your HD.  Using an option like a R/W CD
burner will let you store lots of files offline if you
aren't printing everyday.  

I would only suggest GF if you want to go larger than
8.5x11.  I bought it because I am printing up to 16x20
where TIFF files can easily run up to 2Gig for one
file.  When you get that big you either use GF or buy
LOTS of memory and keep lots of disk space free. 

Hope this helps. DJ
- --- Joe Stephens <joe@atchou.com> wrote:
> 
> I have seen Genuine Fractals mentioned here
> numerous times.  I've been to their website,
> and I want to see if I have a concept of what
> this plug-in does.  I usually don't print
> very much on computer printers, but am thinking
> of taking the plunge and getting an Epson 1280.
> 
> Let's say I have a 2 meg JPG, like, maybe
> 1500 x 2200 pixels - 
> 
> Pretty big, maybe OK for an 8x10, but I think
> it might be pixelated somewhat.
> 
> Does Genuine Fractals "depixelate" the image, or
> sort of "vectorize" the image, so it looks 
> smooth when printed?
> 
> What is confusing to me is that they talk about 
> making an 18 meg image a "54 meg" image. Does
> the software "add pixels" to beef up the image
> in some sort of interpretive way?
> 
> Also, do people like the Epson 1280 as the most
> bang for the buck and the fewest ink hassles?
> 
> I'm toying with getting one, but it might be
> cheaper and higher quality to just order
> enlargements.
> 
> Thanks!
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