Digital BW, The Print

Hi,

I've just today posted a little review of SizeFixer, in which there are 
some minute images comparing extreme resizing by this, Photozoom Pro, 
QImage and PS7 bicubic (not the more recent versions.)

SizeFixer does a nice job, and Photozoom is more or less the same. 
QImage (I used pyramid) is very close, closer still with more reasonable 
upsizing, and considerably faster than either.

Its at http://photography.about.com/od/imageprocessing/fr/fixerlabs.htm

Regards,

Peter Marshall
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john dean wrote:

>That has been my experience. I was very surprised when I did a
>comparison test of an extreme upsampling between the Stairstep Pro 2
>which I have always liked, and PSCS2 bicubic smoother. In my
>comparisons the PS looked a little better with less obvious artifacts
>around the edges of pixels. But sharpening is always an important
>factor in the end. I always fade the sharpening 50% in the luminosity
>channel and that helps, especially in the highlights.
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