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Alien Skin Blowup vs On1 Resize or other options
Jul 17, 2019 15:39:11   #
Ednsb Loc: Santa Barbara
 
I just got into a discussion on the Facebook ON1 site about printing large prints after being resized. One guy was a huge proponent of the Alien Skin Blowup. Ive use on1 Resize in the past with very good results. It seems they both use the same algorythms to process the images. Any thoughts pro or con?

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Jul 17, 2019 16:36:06   #
lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA
 
Ednsb wrote:
I just got into a discussion on the Facebook ON1 site about printing large prints after being resized. One guy was a huge proponent of the Alien Skin Blowup. I've use on1 Resize in the past with very good results. It seems they both use the same algorithms to process the images. Any thoughts pro or con?


Huh! Alien skin. X-File Raw-File? I have no idea. And I use Ps and have little problems with remnants if that is what you are talking about. I process my camera RAW files to sufficiently large archived PSD or TIFF files; 300ppi, 16-bit, sRGB, say about 10x15" so I have plenty to work from if I want to change size / crop into JPEGs. If I want to get crazy I can go 32-bit, 600ppi, 24x36 inch, but those are huge files and I only bother with larger than 300ppi, 10x15" if I am actually printer that large or larger. Then I rework an image from Raw likely anyway.

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Jul 18, 2019 06:00:50   #
dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida
 
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Jul 18, 2019 07:06:42   #
yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey
 
I used On1 Resize for years starting when it was called Genuine Fractals, and always felt it did a good job. However, if you're looking for the best resizing software check out Topaz AI Gigapixel. At ~$100 it's not cheap, but the output is amazing. Here's a link to an earlier UHH post of mine on this topic: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-548720-1.html

*Special note to dpullum - please refrain from making any comments on this reply (or any other posts of mine for that matter).

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Jul 19, 2019 12:04:01   #
speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho
 
Ednsb wrote:
I just got into a discussion on the Facebook ON1 site about printing large prints after being resized. One guy was a huge proponent of the Alien Skin Blowup. Ive use on1 Resize in the past with very good results. It seems they both use the same algorythms to process the images. Any thoughts pro or con?


They use different algorythms, but the results of the two are comparable!

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