Genuine Fractals, Smart Upsampling

olympus · 01-12-2004, 10:13 PM

Hi all, my paining instructor mentioned a program to me called Genuine Fractals, so I had to try it out. It's difficult to descibe how well it works so here's a sample.

This picture is just a random image of a business man. I used Genuine Fractals to increase it's size 1000%.

Click here for large image.

Dr.N · 01-12-2004, 10:15 PM

image not appearing

what's that program i dont get it

olympus · 01-12-2004, 10:20 PM

Sorry about that, it's working now. The program Genuine Fractals is a smart upsampling program, it uses fractals to upsample an image (or something like that) in a way that looks almost correct. Here's the webpage.

Daniel · 02-12-2004, 12:36 AM

dunno, kinda looks like it just got stretched in photoshop, pixelated

Salido · 04-12-2004, 04:22 AM

Olympus, not trying to be rude, I guess this program is great if you need a program, but I think your better off with Photoshop or PaintShopPro! And besides, the picture is only good as your pixel readout in your Monitor!
If your Professor mentioned this program, it must be something else that he likes about it?

JHarford · 04-12-2004, 08:19 AM

To be honest, i suggest you read the website salido , psp or photoshop is comepletly different to this software, and it serves its purpose well.

if you were to take a headshot photo like the above, and a client asked you to print it on 6 by 6 metres., and you said you'd do it in ps , by 'scaling it up' , you be fired..,
this software allows you to scale it up with little loss of quality. and for a 6 by 6 metre billboard the quality would be fine when using genuine fractals.

olympus · 04-12-2004, 08:37 AM

@ cgstripe - yes, exactly.
What my professor used it for was basicaly what you descibed, blowing up a small image for a client from about 200 px by 250 px to a full wall sized print.

Ferry P · 04-12-2004, 03:44 PM

there is another prog for this...Sspline

i does work better then photoshop

01-12-2004, 10:13 PM	#1
olympus Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: California, USA Posts: 373 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Genuine Fractals, Smart Upsampling Hi all, my paining instructor mentioned a program to me called Genuine Fractals, so I had to try it out. It's difficult to descibe how well it works so here's a sample. This picture is just a random image of a business man. I used Genuine Fractals to increase it's size 1000%. Click here for large image. __________________ My Webpage Last edited by olympus; 01-12-2004 at 10:17 PM..

01-12-2004, 10:15 PM	#2
Dr.N Unregistered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,176 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	image not appearing what's that program i dont get it __________________ What Matters Most Is How You See Yourself

01-12-2004, 10:20 PM	#3
olympus Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: California, USA Posts: 373 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sorry about that, it's working now. The program Genuine Fractals is a smart upsampling program, it uses fractals to upsample an image (or something like that) in a way that looks almost correct. Here's the webpage. __________________ My Webpage

02-12-2004, 12:36 AM	#4
Daniel Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 2,153 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	dunno, kinda looks like it just got stretched in photoshop, pixelated __________________ "There are no binding oaths between men and lions- wolves and lambs can enjoy no meeting of the minds- they are all bent on hating each other to the death." -Achilles "It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen." -Herodotus

04-12-2004, 04:22 AM	#5
Salido Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lynchburg,VA Posts: 147 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Olympus, not trying to be rude, I guess this program is great if you need a program, but I think your better off with Photoshop or PaintShopPro! And besides, the picture is only good as your pixel readout in your Monitor! If your Professor mentioned this program, it must be something else that he likes about it? __________________ "Little surprises around each corner, but nothing DANGEROUS!"-Willy Wonka

04-12-2004, 08:19 AM	#6
JHarford Airship Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Lytham, England Posts: 2,594 Thanks: 1 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 11	To be honest, i suggest you read the website salido , psp or photoshop is comepletly different to this software, and it serves its purpose well. if you were to take a headshot photo like the above, and a client asked you to print it on 6 by 6 metres., and you said you'd do it in ps , by 'scaling it up' , you be fired.., this software allows you to scale it up with little loss of quality. and for a 6 by 6 metre billboard the quality would be fine when using genuine fractals.

04-12-2004, 08:37 AM	#7
olympus Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: California, USA Posts: 373 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	@ cgstripe - yes, exactly. What my professor used it for was basicaly what you descibed, blowing up a small image for a client from about 200 px by 250 px to a full wall sized print. __________________ My Webpage

04-12-2004, 03:44 PM	#8
Ferry P Ferry Passchier Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The hague, The Netherlands Posts: 2,252 Thanks: 4 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 7	there is another prog for this...Sspline i does work better then photoshop __________________ Ferry Passchier portfolio http://www.ferrypasschier.nl/

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