Upsizing D30 files to A3+

Here's my workflow to upsize my D30 RAW files to A3+ using Fred Miranda's D30 LinearBATCH_pro 16-bit v1.2

 and Pekka Saarinen's LinearSharpen 3.42 .

The RAW files were converted to TIFF Linear 16bits with Yarc+ .

Settings for the LS file were Chooser 100-200 Normal Sharpening HQ and AfterShave 1 .

Settings for LP were Normal Saturation , Normal Sharpening in RGB output .

All files had Auto Contrast and the Curves were adjusted the exactly same way .

The files were upsampled with Stair Interpolation , PhotoShop , Stephen's My Interpolation for D30 and 

Michael Thomas Mitchel Print Action at 300 dpi .

As obtained files were ( except the PS upsizing which was exactly 13x19 inches ) bigger ( Stephen's : 16x24 inches )

 or smaller ( M.T.Mitchell : 11x16.5 inches ) ,

They were upsized or downsized with PS to be set to the same dimensions .

After conversion to 8bits , they were sharpened with J.J. Mack's Sharpen action .

The cropped ( 100% ) part of the pictures was transformed to JPEG at 50% for publishing .  

 

PS processed fastest while Michael T.Mitchell's action was by far the slowest , probably due to the many steps it makes to enlarge gradually .

 

PC : Pentium IV 1,5Ghz , 512MbRAM , old G-Force , WinME

 

Printer : Epson Stylus PHOTO 1290 ( 1280 outside Europe ) .

Used profile : EE139_1 

Resolution : 1440dpi

Adjustments between printer and monitor achieved to get the same results : WYSIWYG

Paper : Epson Matte Paper-Heavyweight A3+ ( 13x19inches - 32.9x48.3cm )  

 

Exif of the origial file

 Camera 
Make Canon
Model Canon EOS D30
Orientation upper left
X resolution 100
Y resolution 100
Resolution unit 2
Software Adobe Photoshop 7.0
Datetime 2002:12:28 13:13:54
Image 
Image description File Name: CRW_3554.CRW
File Size: 2458.8K
Camera: Canon EOS D30
Shooting Date/Time: 12/26/2002 06:06:40 PM
Shooting Mode: Av
Shutter: 1/8
Aperture: 3.5
Metering Mode: Partial
Exposure Comp: 0
ISO: 100
Lens: 28-70@50mm
Image Size: 2160x1440
Image Quality: Raw
Flash: Off
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: One-Shot
Focus Point: ?
Contrast: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Saturation: Normal
Image number: 135-3554
F-number 3.51
Exposure program Aperture priority
ISO speed ratings 100
Date/time original 2002:12:26 18:06:40
Date/time digitized 2002:12:26 18:06:40
Exposure bias value 0
Metering mode Unknown
 Flash did not fire 
Focal length 50 mm
Colorspace Uncalibrated
Pixel X dimension 1440
Pixel Y dimension 2160
Copyright 

Please , click on the pics to enlarge

Original photo from Linear Batch

Original photo from Linear Sharpen

Resize of LP.jpg (63249 octets) Resize of LS.jpg (66475 octets)

Upsizing with PhotoShop

Upsizing with PhotoShop

LPPSresize.jpg (92208 octets) LSPSresize copy.jpg (110232 octets)

Upsizing with Stair Interpolation

Upsizing with Stair Interpolation

LPSIcrop.jpg (93782 octets) LSSIresize.jpg (111847 octets)

Upsizing with Michael T. Mitchell's Print action

Upsizing with Michael T. Mitchell's Print action

LPMTMresize.jpg (96487 octets) LSMTMresize.jpg (128960 octets)

Upsizing with Stephen's MyInterpolation2 action

Upsizing with Stephen's MyInterpolation2 action

LPMy Interpolationresize.jpg (91601 octets) LSMyInterpolationresize.jpg (114426 octets)