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Originally Posted by Bassnut
upscale 8 times in PS, thats right, 8 times. Process and sharpen etc, down size and post.
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Yep. Good tip Fred. Tried and tested. By working on upscaled data, coarse smoothing algorithms work their wonders. Selection is easier too, though zooming in can assist there. The trick of course is down sizing the data. Most pros will shrink in small steps and touch up as they go (smooth-blur tool or increase local contrast-sharpen tool). The reasoning behind this is photoshops bicubic resampling can have adverse effects. To me that's too much work so I normally down size in one swoop to the desired size (normally back the original size actually). Some may not be aware, but photoshop has specific resampling algorithms for upscaling and downscaling data;
Bicubic (best for smooth gradients) <--- default setting
Bicubic Smoother (best for englargement) <--- upscale
Bicubic Sharper (best for reduction) <--- downscale
Good information
here where Bicubic sharper is used for both up and down scaling.
C'mon Mike, time for a Sidonio-reeeepro. Narrow Field?...with a Starfire comparo