[Leica] Genuine Fractals-any good - now quality

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In a message dated 13/10/2004 17:48:27 GMT Daylight Time,  
nathan.wajsman@planet.nl writes:

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?





I know the agency you are talking about because they have just rejected  
some 
of my work shot on a Nikon D1X at its best settings, and told me the same  
things. I have come to the conclusion that unless you shoot specifically for 
 
them there is no way you can meet their requirements ? e.g. they require  
unsharpened images but digital cameras always sharpen in camera and this 
cannot  be 
removed unless you shoot RAW.
 
I have decided the agencies that already take my work are happy so I will  
stick with them, particularly as the reports I have about Genuine Fractals 
are  
very mixed, although you can download a 20 image trial version.
 
Gerry
 
Gerry  Walden LRPS
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