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Increasing an image's size
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:50 pm
by Leonardo
Hey guys.... I know I saw once something about a program that did a better job iscreasing the scale of a picture than photoshop... could some one post the link?? is it free ??
leo
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:15 pm
by Maximus3D
There's plenty of software, plugins and other stuff to bump up the size of images. But is this the one you're thinking about Leo ?
http://www.thegedanken.com/retarget/
/ Max
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:33 pm
by AWOL
Alien Skins BlowUp is pretty nice. I use it at work.
http://www.alienskin.com/blowup/index.html
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:53 pm
by Leonardo
I have never seen that one Maximus, it sure looks pretty cool! I'm gonna give it a try.
It was probably Alien Skin... those examples look amazing
Does anyone know of an "alien skin" free photoshop plugin
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:10 pm
by Bubbaloo
Photoshop does a good job as long as it is done in increments.
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:16 pm
by AWOL
Blow Up is way better than Photoshops bicubic in my experience. At least so far. Combine it with some grain from Exposure (also from Alien Skin) and you're home.
No, I'm not on Alien Skins payroll...
I was actually quite surprised to find anything useful from them. I remember the time (ages ago) when all they produced was fairly crappy bevel and drop shadow filters. But I guess things change...
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:50 pm
by Leonardo
BTW...
AWOL, welcome to the Maxwell forum!
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:43 am
by polynurb
The best I have seen was the S-Spline filter in Photo Zoom.
you can download a trail version here:
http://www.benvista.com/main/content/co ... =downloads
it`s a bit pricy though.
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:18 am
by polynurb
Sorry form the spamming ..
but IrfanView also has some good filters build in (lancos & B-spline)
and is freeware
http://www.irfanview.com/
cheers,
pb
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:27 am
by AWOL
Leonardo wrote:BTW...
AWOL, welcome to the Maxwell forum!
Hey, thanx Leonardo!
Been here a while but have just been lurking in the shadows soaking up information.
Andreas
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:13 pm
by simmsimaging
Photozoom (what used to be S-Spline) is the best IMO. I used BlowUp as well (Photozoom doesn't do layers, so Blow Up is good for layered files). I have not tried the Irfanview resizing, but have tried most other options.
I have heard a lot over the years about resizing in stages in Photoshop but I don't find it works any better. I tested it out a few years ago and found no appreciable difference, but YMMV.
b
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:58 pm
by Leonardo
Maximus3D wrote:There's plenty of software, plugins and other stuff to bump up the size of images. But is this the one you're thinking about Leo ?
http://www.thegedanken.com/retarget/
/ Max
Hey Max,
I just used retarget, and worked great!!!
If I didn't have retarget, I would have probably come up with a different cropping solution and be done with it... but it’s amazing how it made it fit!!
leo