Recently I discovered and used the raw converter for upsizing istDS files. It works very well, and the results seem to be quite good. It's certainly worth looking into by anyone wishing to upsize their images. I'd certainly suggest trying the raw converter before spendy any money on another program.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Paul Stenquist > A resize such as you describe is better done during the RAW conversion > in one step. > On May 17, 2006, at 1:05 AM, Don Williams wrote: > > > I have been using Genuine Fractals on *ist D files recently; resizing > > from about 3000 pixels wide to 5110 in five steps. The final file size > > is usually just under 50 mbytes depending on initial cropping. I do > > all the processing -- levels curves or whatever first, then resize and > > might finally apply a touch of unsharp masking. Typical steps 3455, > > 3865, 4280, 4695 and 5110. The files are finally saved as TIFF without > > compression. Although I have no experience of LZW I've heard that its > > not a good idea.
