Benvista Photozoom Pro 7
PhotoZoom Pro 7 not only creates larger images than any other software (up to 1 million by 1 million pixels), it also produces higher quality results. PhotoZoom Pro 7 is equipped with S-Spline Max, a unique, award-winning image resize technology which excels at preserving clean edges, sharpness, and fine details. Even noisy, compressed originals can be. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later.
Shortcut Photo Zoom Pro
.IntroductionShortcut PhotoZoom Pro (formerly known as S-Spline 2) is a software programthat promises to resize your photos without losing any quality. You can useit to interpolate, or blow up, your images to larger sizes. At the end of 2003I needed a program like Shortcut PhotoZoom Pro fortwo reasons. I wanted to create a 30x20 inch print at 254dpi from a Canon EOS10D source file, and I also needed to interpolate some 10D files up to 48Mbinsize forsubmission to an image library. So did Shortcut PhotoZoom Pro deliver on itspromises?
Did it create a quality print for me and were my stock images accepted?Find out in my review. Price(out of 5stars)There are 2 different versions of ShortCut PhotoZoom available. ShortCut PhotoZoomPro, which is the version that I am reviewing, costs €129.00. ShortCutPhotoZoom costs €49.00.
There is a free trial download version available.There are a couple of competitors to ShortCut PhotoZoom Pro. Pxl SmartScale fromExtensis costs $199.95, whilstGenuine Fractals 3.0 from LizardTech costs £99 excluding VAT. At the currentexchange rates, ShortCut PhotoZoom Pro is marginally cheaper than the othertwo packages. Features(out of 5stars)There really aren't too many features in ShortCut PhotoZoom Pro, as it's asoftware program that has only one aim - to allow you to resize your photoswithout losing any quality.
It's a very specialist package that you maynever have any need for. ShortCut PhotoZoom Pro is specially designed for thedemanding image processing professional; Desktop Publishers, PrePress and B2B(Astronomy, Medical systems, Security e.g. It features the mostadvanced S-Spline Algorithm, includes fine-tuning tools, a batch conversionoption and an Adobe® Photoshop™ export plugin. Ease of Use(out of 5 stars)ShortCut PhotoZoom Pro doesn't have a vast number of features, as mentionedabove, so consequently it is very easy to use.
There is only one screen inthe application, shown below, which allows you to set all of the differentparameters for resizing your photos. I have broken the Main Screen into thedifferent parts so that you can easily see how the software works.
Corel draw x7 64 bit full indir windows 7. Main ScreenThis is Main Screen which is shown when ShortCut PhotoZoom Pro is first opened.On the right is the Preview pane, which by default shows a sample image. Onthe left are the toolbar buttons and different options for controlling theresizing.
And that's basically the entire interface in a nutshell. Original SizeThe Original Size part of the Main Screen shows details about the size andtype of the photo that you are resizing. New SizeThe New Size dialog is the most important part of ShortCut PhotoZoom Pro.It allows you to specify how big the new resized version of the original photowill be, in a number of different ways.
You can either specify the number ofpixels or a certain print size. Anyone who is familiar with Photoshop's ImageSize dialog box will feel instantly athome.
Resize MethodThe Resize Method dialog allows you to choose how the original photo willbe resized. The are a number of different methods that you can choose, includingwell-known ones such as Nearest Neighbour and Bicubic. The default method andthe one that is only available through ShortCut PhotoZoom Pro is S-Spline,a proprietary resizing technique that promises to produce better results thanthe other methods. This is the one that I selected.Once you have chosen a particular resize method, you can then adjust certainparameters. If you choose any of the methods except S-Spline, you are limitedto applying Unsharp Masking.
If you choose S-Spline, you can select one ofthe presets, such as Photo, Graphics and Text. If you wish, you can then fine-tunethe settings even further, adjusting things like Strength and Sensitivity.This gives you as little or as much control as you want over the final result. Batch ProcessingThe Pro version of ShortCut PhotoZoom allows you to resize more than one fileat once via the Batch Processing option. Simply click the New Batchbutton on the toolbar and the dialog shown above is opened. You can selectwhich images you want to resize by browsing your hard drive or choosing a particularfolder. The program will add the images to the batch and you can then alterthe settings for each one.
Finally click the Run button and all of the imageswill be resized. It's very useful if you have a large number of files thatyou want to resize, as you can leave your PC to finish the task and go anddo something more useful. Conclusion(out of 5stars)ShortCut PhotoZoom Pro is a software program which concentrates entirely onone thing - resizing your images whilst maintaining the best quality possible.I used it to create a 30x20 inch print at 254dpi from a Canon EOS10D source file, and also to interpolate some 10D files up to 48Mbinsize forsubmission to an image library. I used the S-Splinemethod for both, but turned off Unsharp Masking as I use a Photoshop actionto sharpen my files.
To cut a long story short, both the customerand myself were more than pleased with the large poster-sized print, and myfirst batch of images were accepted by the image library. ShortCut PhotoZoomPro allowed me to quickly and easily resize my photos and achieve excellentend results - exactly what it is intended to do.You can find alternative reviews of Shortcut PhotoZoom Pro here:.SamplesAs requested, I have added a few samples. The following images are 100% cropsof the original image, saved as JPEG Quality 60 in Photoshop. Neither the originalor resizedimages have been sharpened. The first image is the original, the second resizedby 200% in Shortcut PhotoZoom Pro, and the third resizedby 200% in Photoshops 6.The following images are 100% crops of the original image, saved as JPEG Quality60 in Photoshop. Neither the original or resized images have been sharpened.The first image is the original, the second resized by 800% in Shortcut PhotoZoomPro, and the third resized by 800% in Photoshops 6.Official SamplesShortcut have also sent me some sample images.The first image in the folllowing sequenceis the original, the second resized by 1500% in Shortcut PhotoZoom Pro, andthe third resizedby 1500% using Bicubic.The first image in the folllowing sequence is the original, the second resizedby 250% in Shortcut PhotoZoom Pro, and the third resized by 250% using Bicubic.
An advanced tool for resizing photos, the Mac version of PhotoZoom Pro 7 from WD Encore Software is used to re-sample imagery to dimensions up to an impressive 1,000,000 x 1,000,000 pixels. Utilizing S-Spline Max technology, image quality is maintained when resizing imagery, with optimized sharpness, clarity, and detail to permit greater freedom in boosting your effective resolution. This technology is also used to reduce unwanted JPEG compression artifacts and other image defects for cleaner files. To seamlessly integrate within your workflow, PhotoZoom Pro 7 can be used as a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, or can also be used as a standalone application.
Additionally, a range of presets are available to expedite the process of resizing images; custom presets can be made and saved for personalized results; and batch processing is available to aid in working with large groups of files at once.