Digital BW, The Print

Robert, 

How do you use genuine fractals if you know you will be making many
different sized prints? Can't you just make one master file, save it,
and print it at any size? 

If not, what is the proper order to sharpen files that you know will be
printed at sizes from 5 inches wide to 24 inches wide, and many sizes inbetween?

Thanks,

Jerry

My Genuine Fractals program will be here in a today, so am curious as
how this works.




Robert Morrison wrote:
> 
> Or use Genuine Fractals...which does a great job with this.  When using
> Genuine Fractals, always sharpen after you have made the final image (for
> the web or from print) with Genuine Fractals...never sharpen before saving
> the STN file.  Remember that sharpening should always be dependent on the
> size and resolution of the final displayed image.  Nik Sharpener Pro figures
> all of this out for you if you don't want to mess with special actions or
> unsharp masking.
> 
> Robert
> 
> On 10/30/01 5:46 PM, "Carolyn Frayn" <carolyn@...> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> > The best way I have found for downsizing large image files for low res usage
> > is to downsize in increments of 50%.  I do this in image size, using the
> > pixel dimensions, choose 50 and then Percent from the pull down menu rather
> > than pixels.
> >
> > Keep reducing by 50% until you come near your final image size, then
> > resample using your pixel dimensions until you have the required web size.
> > Don't worry about actual dpi numbers as they are irrelevant once you set
> > your pixel dimensions.
> >
> > The reason large image files reduce to blurry files if you reduce in one
> > fell swoop is that Photoshop is throwing away so much info at once and  it
> > is not smart enough to throw away the right info...  IMO
> >
> > If required I usually use USM set at 60% and .2 to .8 with no threshold.
> >
> > Carolyn
> >
> >
> >>
> >> I have wondered this question for years, and have never asked it:
> >>
> >> If you start with a big scan for print, say, 20"x20" at about 240dpi,
> >> and then you wanna rez that down for display on the web, say
> >> about 600pix by 600pix at 72dpi, and you do, in one fell swoop,
> >> the image becomes very fuzzy. If you USM it at about 75 or 100%,
> >> it helps, but still doesn't look great.
> >>
> >> Does anyone know why it gets fuzzy? And does anyone know a
> >> great technique to preserve sharpness and detail when
> >> prepping for the web, from an archive scan?
> >>
> >> Thanks. Mark Tucker
> >
> >
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