Apr 3, 2005, 04:17
I'm rather partial to the interpolation via C1. I'd rather do as much in there as I can before it goes to PS, the editing time does take a bit longer on bigger files (my most common size to work on is A3 (12 x 16" ish, 3500 x 5000px) and the prints from that come up very clean providing the source image is good to begin with.
I recently had to give it a bit more of a kick to print 2 shots that are going into a trade stand at ***** next month so I used the Stairstep script (no idea who makes this variant) to bump up the size to 24 x 36" (7200 x 10800px) which is close to 300% of an enlargement. They were printed at a quality lab (Auswide) and I was very happy with the results, coming from the lab it showed less digital artefacts and more softness like a true enlargement from film and it was quite pleasant viewed from around three feet away.
I recently had to give it a bit more of a kick to print 2 shots that are going into a trade stand at ***** next month so I used the Stairstep script (no idea who makes this variant) to bump up the size to 24 x 36" (7200 x 10800px) which is close to 300% of an enlargement. They were printed at a quality lab (Auswide) and I was very happy with the results, coming from the lab it showed less digital artefacts and more softness like a true enlargement from film and it was quite pleasant viewed from around three feet away.