Software to up-res still files

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Software to up-res still files

Posted by Pat Defilippo on June 27, 2006 at 1:01 pm

Hello,

I was reading this forum about a week or two ago and someone had posted a similar question, but I can’t find it. It had to do with receiving small .JPEG files, etc., from clients for use in video and using a software program to up-res the image to an acceptable (and even really good, per the post) level.

Does anyone recall this from a recent post? I remember that someone posted a link to a website where the software could be read about and downloaded.

Thanks in advance,
-Pat

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Chris Poisson replied 19 years, 10 months ago 7 Members · 8 Replies
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Jeremy Garchow
June 27, 2006 at 1:29 pm

HOw small are said Jpegs?
Bouncing Account needs new email address
June 27, 2006 at 1:32 pm

You might look Here:

https://www.codesco.com/Products_and_Services/Extensis/pxl_SmartScale/pxl_smartscale.html

I’ve seen SmartScale/pxl recommeded before.

Here’s a link that tells how to do this kind of thing using on Photoshop CS.

https://www.interpolatethis.com/

I’ve never tried it, but it might do the trick.
Bouncing Account needs new email address
June 27, 2006 at 1:34 pm

Also HERE:

https://www.imaging-resource.com/SOFT/GF/GF.HTM

This one’s a popular choice, too.
Scott Davis
June 27, 2006 at 1:50 pm

Take a look at Instant HD from Red Giant software and Resizer from Digital Anarchy.

Scott Davis
Bruce Greene
June 27, 2006 at 3:03 pm

I’ve never seen one of these up-resizing programs do anything that looked very significant. If it were me, I’d just use Photoshop to resize the jpg with perhaps, a little sharpening.

There really is no miracle here, when upsized, images don’t look as good as we’d like past a certain point.
Pat Defilippo
June 27, 2006 at 5:01 pm

Thanks, all!

What I’ve got are several JPEG files that are all around 600K, which normally wouldn’t be so bad but I have to zoom in at least 3X times on most if not all of them.

I’ll check out all of the tips that you gave and go from there – thanks again!
-Pat

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TV~DVD~VHS~CD~WEB
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Matt Silverman
June 27, 2006 at 9:29 pm

I disagree. Photoshop can only use bi-cubic filtering for best results. Resizer or InstantHD have more advanced filtering algorithms (like Shake) such as Mitchel-Netravelli, Catmol-ROM, Sinc, etc. You definitely can see better results on extreme blow-ups. I suggest a Catmul-Rom or Sinc filter then add an Unsharp mask.

You can also check out Algolith or Teranex…
Chris Poisson
June 28, 2006 at 3:17 pm

I think the software you read of was PhotoZoomPro. It is a stand-alone app, really fantastic. I blow up small jpegs with it all the time and you just can’t tell.

Have a wonderful day.

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