Related to another thread in the Medium Format section, I thought to revisit my old friend Genuine Fractals ... now up to version 6.
I had stopped using this after the meg count and sensor size of digital cameras had increased, and using PS to enlarge using Bicubic smoother seemed to do a decent job.
Well, that was then and this is now.
So I downloaded the trial version of GF v6 and gave it a try.
I used a portrait shot I did with the H3D-31 which I had as a 8.8" X 11", 360 ppi, 16 bit Tiff file ... and took it up to 60" @ 240 ppi on the long side using PS and then again using GF .... then pushed in on a detail crop .... specifically the pores on the subject's nose.
Attached are the original and the two very, very severe crops from that exercise. The fuzzy detail crop is what PS delivered.
I do a fair amount of work that ends up in trade show booths @ 6' or wider, and is viewed up close and personal. GF may be worth the cost ... and may be for some others here.
BTW, the interface and added features of Genuine Fractals is light years from what it used to be. And there are Presets for LR2, ACR2 and I believe Aperture.
I had stopped using this after the meg count and sensor size of digital cameras had increased, and using PS to enlarge using Bicubic smoother seemed to do a decent job.
Well, that was then and this is now.
So I downloaded the trial version of GF v6 and gave it a try.
I used a portrait shot I did with the H3D-31 which I had as a 8.8" X 11", 360 ppi, 16 bit Tiff file ... and took it up to 60" @ 240 ppi on the long side using PS and then again using GF .... then pushed in on a detail crop .... specifically the pores on the subject's nose.
Attached are the original and the two very, very severe crops from that exercise. The fuzzy detail crop is what PS delivered.
I do a fair amount of work that ends up in trade show booths @ 6' or wider, and is viewed up close and personal. GF may be worth the cost ... and may be for some others here.
BTW, the interface and added features of Genuine Fractals is light years from what it used to be. And there are Presets for LR2, ACR2 and I believe Aperture.