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Posted on 31/05/08 7:36:48 PM |
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vibeke
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Genuine Fractals
Anyone using or have opinions on Genuine Fractals? A chap that's doing some printing for me swears by it. And I was impressed by the result. I have downloaded a demo, and increased an image by 800%, looked good, but when I did the same in Photoshop and compared the results I really couldn't see any difference. |
Posted on 01/06/08 4:40:34 PM |
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Ocker
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Re: Genuine Fractals
Photoshop is so much better at this now. When you go in to <Image Size> at the bottom there is a selection of methods for this image resizing. They've even got advice as to their use. Choose 'Bicubic Smoother (Best for enlargement)' And (as you said), the results will be very close to these dedicated 'enlargement' plug-ins. I stay with Photoshop for this now. When you read on the plug-in box: 'Up to 1500% enlargement with NO LOSS IN QUALITY!' you realise the copy-writer who wrote the blurb is an alchemist and can also turn base metals into gold. |
Posted on 01/06/08 7:17:03 PM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Genuine Fractals
I've heard excellent comments about GF, but CS3 seems to do the business and is more than adequate for what I want to achieve. Nick |
Posted on 02/06/08 07:23:53 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Genuine Fractals
As with all these things, the quality of the enlargement depends very much on the type of image. Alien Skin's Blow Up, for instance, works very well with cartoons, producing cleaner results than Photoshop on its own. But when you're blowing up photographic images, as Ocker suggests, you really can't put the detail back if it isn't there to start with. |
Posted on 12/09/08 4:22:51 PM |
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The Mad Lep
Four-Leafed Fantasist Posts: 323 Reply  |
Re: Genuine Fractals
I got my hands on this the other day and I wasn't at all impressed. The blurb going with it promised great things for very small photos, and even went so far as to suggest dramatic enhancements in photos taken on a mobile phone. But as vibeke mentioned, I found little difference between Pshop's way of enlarging and GF's method. There is certainly no hope if you have a tiny image, so whoever wrote the blurb about making big images from mobile phone pictures should be fired. Basically, another case of false advertising.  |