Re: Program to make low-res image files look sharper

Robert Montgomery wrote:
A number years I heard about a program that makes low-res image files look sharper, by simulating pixels, so that the files can look sharp when printed at a large size.

Does anybody know the name of program?

Genuine Fractals is reputed to be able to do this, also some advanced algorithms like Lanczos, and resampling as incorporated in Qimage, a specialist printing program.

None of them increase detail, the manufactured pixels are derived from existing pixels, but the way they are derived can influence the look of the finished image to some extent. Best is to retake the image if possible.

Colin D.
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