Synapse Syndrome wrote:
I know of Extensis pxlSmartScale1.0. Is there anything better, or is this considered the best?
Anybody know of any reviews comparing different products?
Cheers
ss.
I have used Genuine Fractals in the past. I got it mostly for the much smaller, lossless file sizes. One of its uses is to allow for resizing up and keeping all the detail.
It works, but it matters how much scaling you do. For large jumps it can make a slight difference. i.e. Letter size page to poster size print. For the much more modest resizing that I do (under 100%), Photoshop’s Bicubic seems to work just as well. Well, I can’t SEE any difference; not without a loupe anyway.
So, I quit using it. JPEG2000 will get smaller lossless files that GF. BTW, JPEG2000 uses wavelet technology, much list LuraWave. GF is in the same technology arena.
It is very debatable that you will find anything that will be a significant improvement over what Photoshop already gives you. The problem is that none of them can add detail that isn’t already there. They are pretty good about keeping the detail that is there fairly smooth at the larger sizes. That doesn’t necessarily help.
Clyde