Many years ago, I bought a program called "S-Spline Pro" from Shortcut
Software. It is now called "PhotoZoom Pro", with a new version recently
released from current owners BenVista:
http://www.sspline.com/
I couldn't be happier with the product; I've upgraded a couple of times over
the years but the last upgrade was so good that I haven't bought the newest
version - yet. I use it as a stand-alone; has always worked with 16 bit images,
and works with .TIF's just fine.
The program is specifically designed to work particularly well with photos /
images that have edges, so I find it great for my research work. I have a
preset I worked out after quite a bit of experimentation, and I use that a lot
(with a sub-pixel radius for unsharp masking). I mostly upsample ~4"X6" scans
at 1200 dpi into ~10"X16" for output on my 1200 dpi color laser printer.
John Morton
http://OriginOfWriting.com
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From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] Re: Anybody using Geniune Fractals?
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:49:59 -0700
> From: NSURIT@xxxxxxx
>
> OK, I know some in Zuikoland are using this program. So . . .
>
> 1) Do you like it?
Sure! I've had it since the late 90's, I think, and have sent them
money a couple times for upgrades.
> 2) Why?
It does the job. In most cases, it dose a noticeably better job than
Photoshop's bicubic up-sampling. In a few cases, it is not so clear
which is better. It does a much better job with things that are
naturally fractal-like, such as trees, landscapes, etc. It's more of
a toss-up with stuff with straight lines and angles, such as buildings.
John Morton
http://OriginOfWriting.com
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