Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I haven't used genuine fractals, which I know many swear by. But someone who has put me onto the following, and swears it works as well, if not better: Resize the image in Photoshop by taking it up 110% as many times as you need to to get to the size you need. In other words, if you need to turn a 16 meg file into a 48 meg file - and God knows I've never tried anything this extreme - DON'T simply resize by 300 percent, but rather take the image up 110% and then resize that by 110% and resize that by 110% until you get what you need. This procedure takes longer - although you can write a routine so automate it - but the results are quite good. Give it a try before you invest in GF. B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of robertmeier@usjet.net Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:21 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Genuine Fractals-any good? 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information