I had exactly the scenario described here: had to take brochure images (from iStock, many didn't have x or xx large files) and incorporate them into a trade show booth and a 90" tall retractable display. Photoshop CS couldn't cut it. I tried the Blow Up demo and the trade show booth company told my client they were very impressed with the high level of graphics I submitted. If I have to do another trade show booth, I will definitely spring for Blow Up: worth every penny. Note: go back into the final image and add noise to finesse any portions of your image.
Submitted by rmdesign_1 on Wed, 07/18/2007 - 07:18.
About a year ago (maybe longer) I compared all the image enlarging programs I could find. I didn't think ANY of them did a very good job, and there wasn't much difference among them, including Photoshop's built-in resampler. The best was Genuine Fractals, but not by enough to matter.
In an article already kept on Creativepro.com regarding upsampling in Photoshop they recommended using the Bicubic Smoother setting. The comparison in this article seems to be like comparing a new plug-in to an old version of Photoshop.
Excellently written article, if only all bloggers offered the same content as you, the internet would be a much better place. Please keep it up! Cheers.
Blow Up Saved Me
I had exactly the scenario described here: had to take brochure images (from iStock, many didn't have x or xx large files) and incorporate them into a trade show booth and a 90" tall retractable display. Photoshop CS couldn't cut it. I tried the Blow Up demo and the trade show booth company told my client they were very impressed with the high level of graphics I submitted. If I have to do another trade show booth, I will definitely spring for Blow Up: worth every penny. Note: go back into the final image and add noise to finesse any portions of your image.
Overall comparison
About a year ago (maybe longer) I compared all the image enlarging programs I could find. I didn't think ANY of them did a very good job, and there wasn't much difference among them, including Photoshop's built-in resampler. The best was Genuine Fractals, but not by enough to matter.
possibly bad comparison
In an article already kept on Creativepro.com regarding upsampling in Photoshop they recommended using the Bicubic Smoother setting. The comparison in this article seems to be like comparing a new plug-in to an old version of Photoshop.
Excellently written article,
Excellently written article, if only all bloggers offered the same content as you, the internet would be a much better place. Please keep it up! Cheers.
