Digital BW, The Print

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> Message: 11
> Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 23:12:32 -0000
> From: "Joe Davajon" <davajon@...>
> Subject: Genuine Fractals
> 
> I'm wondering if any of you are using Genuine Fractals.  On the face of it,
> the 
> program sounds good.  Lizard asserts that one can take a small file and
> enlarge it withous loss of any kind.  For example, one can take a file that
> prints 
> at 8x10 satisfactorily but at 16x20 is unacceptable and using Genuine
> Fractals can enlarge to 16x20 "lossless" or even larger and have the same
> sharpness one had at 8x10.  I'm thinking that if the deal sounds to be too
> good 
> to be true it probably isn't true.  I downloaded a trial version and frankly
> it 
> looks good to me.  But, before springing for $300.00, I'd appreciate imput
> from 
> those who may be experienced using the program.  Any thoughts on this
> issue?  Thanks in advance.
> Joe D.
 
Joe,

I've been using GF for a couple of years and have made 20"x30" prints of
both large jpeg's and CRW files from my 10D.  Also I have a friend that does
large format printing and routinely does very large Prints (4'X12') using GF
for both digital images and slides scanned at 2700 and 4000 dpi. This is a
good program (much, much better than PhotoShop), but I don't understand the
cost you quote - mine cost $99.00 when I bought it, has the cost gone up
that much?  Hope this helps your decision.

And while I'm on the subject, has anyone installed Genuine Fractals 2.0 on a
system using OS 10.3.3 and PhotoShop CS.  Mine runs fine on OS 9.2.2 and
PhotoShop 7, but when I install it on the above combination nothing with the
.stn tag will open or show up in the browser.  My friend who I referenced
above uses a PC with XP and CS and has no trouble - perhaps I need a new
version of GF to work with OS 10, that's what I'm afraid of ($300?).


Roger Smith
E. Lansing, MI 48823--