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by Cinde » Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:38 am
Sometimes GAOTD gives away some really cool stuff. The thing is that you have to download and install it the same day. Each software is only available for the day it is showcased on GAOTD. (If you download and like it and have more than one computer to use it on... make sure you install it on all computers withing the time limit.) Today they are giving away a program called Reshade. The name is a bit confusing because what the software actually does is Upsize photos. I guess the name Reshade is for the actions it does on the photos. Reviews from people who have downloaded are quite good. http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/reshade/ (Good preview/demo video here: http://reshade.com/product/stand-alone#video ) I'm happy with the first pix I upsized from 175x300 to 700x1200 (4 times larger). Samples below. Right side is upsized, left side is original. Oh, and it did not crop, it's just that the preview screen can only show so much. But you can slide the the box around on the original screen (right side) to see details of different sections on the upsized photo (right side).
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by kodebuster » Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:27 pm
Just downloaded and tried Reshade.
Very Kool, it seems to upsize pretty good while keeping the clarity okay, and minimizing the graininess that usually occurs.
I bookmarked the site for future visits...
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by Steve Grisetti » Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:31 pm
Nice find, Cinde!
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by Barb O » Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:26 pm
I agree that the enlarging looked pretty good.
Has anyone saved the Reshade enlarged image as a TIFF?
When doing the Save As within the Reshade program of the sample photo of the bird, I received an error message like - no object handler for type 11.
I was able to save the enlarged image as a jpeg. However, I figured that it would have been better to save as a TIFF to avoid the jpeg compression.
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FYI - I did post the same question in the Adobe Photoshop Elements forum because it also has a thread about this giveawayoftheday
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by RJ Johnston » Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:58 pm
Every once in a while a piece of software actually insults my intelligence. And this is one of them.
It's okay for a free piece of software, but you can do better in Photoshop. And if you spend $89 for that junk, you are a complete boob.
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by Cinde » Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:50 am
RJ, if you don’t mind, may I ask what it is about Reshade that insults your intelligence?
The example I showed above is something that I did in less than a minute after having installed it. I find it quite easy to use, and it does what I want it to do without a stiff learning curve.
As far as doing it better in Photoshop… Perhaps not everyone has Photoshop. I joined this forum before I had the PS5/PR3 Elements bundled package.
I’ve had Photoshop Elements 5 for almost a year and I’m still struggling to learn because of a brain injury that limits my ability to retain new information. I get tips and tutorials here quite often which is one of the major reasons that I have learned to do more than a one click fix.
Can you point me to a tutorial that I can work through to produce the same effects better in Photoshop? Or perhaps you would do a tutorial and upload it here?
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by kodebuster » Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:37 pm
Okay, I'm in agreement that paying $89 for this software is quite a stretch, unless there are additional features or functionality that makes the price worth it. That being said, as a free utility, what's not to like. It loads quick, intuitive interface, does one thing, and does it well, and the price is right. As far as insulting one's intelligence, I'd say that that's also a bit of a stretch, but what would I know, I'm not intelligent enough to make a statement like that... ![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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by Steve Grisetti » Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:41 pm
I think what Robert was referring to is that the program essentially just adds pixels using a bicubic smoother, which is an available resampling method in Image Size in Photoshop Elements.
But, hey, if the software makes the process easier, adds some additional features -- and is free -- no harm using it!
(Extensis makes a very expensive professional version of this product, despite Photoshop CS3 having its own bicubic smoother, so there must be SOME benefit to using third-party software to do it.)
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by RJ Johnston » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:55 pm
You call yourselves professionals. Ha!
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by Steve Grisetti » Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:17 am
I feel the same way about people who can't drive a stick shift, Robert! ![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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by Ken Jarstad » Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:23 pm
I thought this was the ELEMENTS forum. I didn't know I was supposed to be behaving like a professional. ![Anxious 8-[](./images/smilies/eusa_shifty.gif) And some days I feel moderately boob-like. ![Embarassed :oops:](./images/smilies/icon_redface.gif)
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by RJ Johnston » Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:50 am
I was remembering my days in boot camp. What a shock that was. They were very rough on us and everything had to be perfect. It had an ever-lasting effect on me.
I wonder what the giveaway of the day is today.
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