Blow Up is a tool designed to offer the highest quality
image resizing available, better than bicubic interpolation and any other third
party solution.
Blow Up makes advanced image scaling easy, preserves smooth, crisp edges and
lines, and creates four times (1600% area) enlargements from any image without
jagged artifacts or halos. In some cases, Blow Up can enlarge up to six times
(3600% area) without obvious artifacts.
Blow Up includes advanced features such as photo grain controls,
enlargement-specific sharpening, and support for most image modes, including
CMYK. Blow Up also supports 16- and 32-bit images and is optimized for
multi-core and multi-processor systems.
Here are some key Features of "Alien Skin Blow Up":
- Supports high-bit images for enlarging RAW and HDR (high dynamic range)
images.
- Offers sharpening and grain simulation to improve details.
- New dedicated batch processing is easier than using Photoshop actions to
enlarge multiple images.
- Very easy to use.
- Blow Up can enlarge photos to extreme print sizes with better results than
Photoshop's bicubic interpolation.
- Detects edges and resizes using a method similar to vector scaling to avoid
undesirable stair-step or halo artifacts.
- Supports all image modes--RGB, Grayscale, Lab, Duotone, and CMYK. Supports
standard 8-bit, 16-bit RAW, and 32-bit HDR images.
- Layered files can be resized without flattening. "Resize as a new
image" option allows non-destructive enlargements.
- Includes a specialized sharpening method for enlargements, designed to
improve contrast along sharp edges.
- Can apply simulated film grain to improve the appearance of extreme enlargements.
- Multi-threaded for better performance on multi-core and multi-processor
systems. Native 64-bit in Windows Photoshop CS5.
required system
Windows Systems:
- Intel Core 2 processor or compatible
- Windows Vista or newer
Macintosh Systems:
- Intel Core 2 processor or compatible
- Mac OS X 10.6 or newer
Host Requirements:
Blow Up 3 is a plug-in and requires one of the following host applications:
- Alien Skin Exposure X
- Adobe Photoshop CS4 or newer
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 or newer
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 or newer
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Installation guide
Read Me.txt Use the tips in the file to install your software.
