Chris Barker wrote:
>I should give the expensive applications a miss and use Fred
>Miranda's E-1 Resize Pro (www.fredmiranda.com). I have his SI Pro as
>well.
>
>
I second that recommendation - if separate upsampling is actually
needed. When the same subject came up about a month ago, I said:
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My limited experience and the advice in Mastering Digital Printing
suggest two alternatives for the upsampling. The first thing to try is
simply sending the original size image to the printer with dpi set high.
The driver will upsample to what it thinks is the optimum. Since this is
based on its "knowledge" of how the actual printer mechanism works, it
may even do the best job.
For upsampling before printing, I recommend you try Fred Miranda's
Resize Pro. It is different than most interpolation apps., in that it is
designed around the known pixel size and characteristics of specific
camera bodies, so it can do a better job than generic algorithms that
don't know anything about the image being processed. When it came
out originally for C & N bodies, I bought a copy for the 300D and did
this comparison <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/resize.htm>. My
conclusion was that it is a lot better than the PS bicubic options and
noticably better than his generic Stair Interpolation. At optimal
settings, it seems to somehow bring out more detail while reducing
visible noise. FM indeed.
I have not yet gone the next step and printed these upsampled images. I
suspect that there may be less apparent differences than on screen. In
any case, it seem pretty likely that the image with the best detail and
fewest artifacts at full pixel res on screen will be as good as or
better than any others when printed.
I wouldn't mention this except that FM now has a version for the E-1
<http://www.fredmiranda.com/shopping/OlympusRP>. For $30, I don't see
how you can miss.
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