This photograph was taken with aCanon S10, a 2.1 Megapixel point-and-shoot. At 300 dpi (the resolution needed for photo-realistic output with an ink-jet printer) this amount of resolution is good for just a 3.5 X 4" print. But, what about making an 8X10" print? Without "ressing-up" the image you'll be at 120dpi, nowhere near good enough.
At a demo of the then brand-newNikon D1in Toronto, in the fall of '99, I was shown quite impressive 11X17" prints that I was told had been run though aPhotoShopplug-in calledGenuine Fractals 2.0. It was claimed that this utility did a much better job ofressing-upan image than does thebicubic interpolation, the technique used within PhotoShop. I also read some reviews which had high praise.
Since I'm a natural-born skeptic I decided to try this out for myself. The program sells for U.S. $159 and is available for download over the Net. Not inexpensive for such a utility, but worthwhil...
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