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photobug
Mar-17-2005, 10:25 PM
I'm considering buying Fred Miranda's ResizePro PS plug-in (http://www.fredmiranda.com/RP/). I have to decide by Sunday (which is when the discount for previous customers runs out). Has anyone already downloaded ResizePro, used it on some real photos, and can offer an "initial impressions" mini-review?

I'm curious how it compares in "real life" with PS's bicubic interpolation and other resizing products out there like Genuine Fractals. (I'm guessing that ResizePro's capabilities lie somewhere between PS's bicubic interpolation and Genuine Fractals, but I'd love to hear of a "real" experience).

I've been happy with CSPro for sharpening my 20D photos. However, CSPro is also advertised to clean up color noise, but doesn't seem to do much at all in that department. So I've seen FM software both live up to expectations (sharpening) and be a real disappointment (color noise).

wanderingeye
Mar-19-2005, 10:53 AM
I have been using FM's SIPro for interpolation and I've been very happy with it. It's recommended by some top level stock agencies like SeaPics (www.seapics.com). I like it enough that I am planning to upgrade to the new ResizePro, but I would also be very interested to hear from anyone who has tried the new version. Is there significant improvement over SIPro?

TIA

photobug
Mar-19-2005, 03:40 PM
I have been using FM's SIPro for interpolation and I've been very happy with it. It's recommended by some top level stock agencies like SeaPics (www.seapics.com (http://www.seapics.com)). I like it enough that I am planning to upgrade to the new ResizePro, but I would also be very interested to hear from anyone who has tried the new version. Is there significant improvement over SIPro?
Fred Miranda gives some quick examples of PS bicubic interpolation vs. SI Pro vs. ResizePro on http://www.fredmiranda.com/RP/. He doesn't mention other "competition", though (such as Genuine Fractals). Naturally, this is the ResizePro page, so the ResizePro examples look better than the others...

gubbs
Mar-21-2005, 07:06 AM
Did you get it? any good?:ear