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PhotoZoom Pro 4

Specialized digital image enlargement software.

This software is designed for both Mac and Windows platforms. Over the past ten years, the PhotoZoom series has competed at the highest level of image enlarging, thanks to its patented S-Spline technology. PhotoZoom Pro 4 offers the latest generation of the S-Spline Max technology. Compare the enlargement results with those of any other solution on the market, and you will find that PhotoZoom Pro 4 gives the highest quality.

Besides the new S-Spline Max technology, PhotoZoom Pro 4 offers various other substantial improvements. Multi-processor support is added to increase speed, and PhotoZoom Pro 4 can be used not only as a standalone application, but also as an Adobe Photoshop compatible Automation plug-in and Export plug-in. By offering choice, PhotoZoom Pro 4 fits into anybody's workflow efficiently.
PhotoZoom Pro 4 offers batch processing, cropping, and convenient presets. A very wide range of image file formats, various types of metadata, and Raw as well as HDR images are supported. The S-Spline Max feature can be fine-tuned. The new Film Grain feature adds a refined kind of grain that was specifically designed to complement the S-Spline Max technology. All customized settings can be saved to be used again later.

BenVista's unique S-Spline Max technique is specialized in creating sharp, crisp clear, and true to nature image enlargements. Both strong edges and subtle details are being preserved efficiently. In addition, S-Spline Max is able to reconstruct the shapes of portrayed subjects in a very refined way, allowing them to keep looking natural in enlarged form.

PhotoZoom Pro 4 makes short work of notorious problems like jagged lines, halos, noise, and artifacts. With our new technology for reducing JPEG compression artifacts, you can create acceptable results even when you have compressed, low quality originals to start with.

Higher Quality: Equipped with S-Spline Max, the latest generation of BenVista's patented S-Spline algorithm, PhotoZoom Pro 4 creates image enlargements of unequalled quality. PhotoZoom Pro 4 beats any of the alternative solutions, such as Photoshop's Bicubic technique, fractal-based methods, and so-called 'industry standards'.

Truly Any Size: Where competitors fail to get past 300000 by 300000 pixels (or even much lower), PhotoZoom Pro 4 enlarges images up to 1 million by 1 million pixels. No other product offers this capability, let alone with preservation of image quality.

Fits into your Workflow: BenVista does not intend to dictate how you should fit PhotoZoom Pro 4 into your workflow. Therefore, the software works not only as a stand-alone application, but also as an Automation plug-in and Export plug-in for Photoshop.

For improved performance and an optimum workflow, PhotoZoom Pro 4 now fully supports 64-bit and 32-bit environments, with both the stand-alone application and the plug-in versions!

Choice: Although S-Spline Max has proven to be the optimum technique in most tests, PhotoZoom Pro 4 also offers two other excellent S-Spline techniques. You can choose which you like best. You can even fine-tune each technique to your personal liking, and save your favorite settings so you can use them again later.

New in PhotoZoom Pro 4 are the additional fine-tuning options for S-Spline Max, offering improved sharpness control and a great new technology for reducing JPEG compression artifacts and noise.

Image Support: PhotoZoom Pro 4 perfectly meets the requirements of the professional user when it comes to image support. It fully supports color spaces like RGB, CMYK, Grayscale and Lab, just like metadata of the types EXIF, IPTC, XMP, and ICC profiles. Also, PhotoZoom Pro 4 supports layers, 16 bits/channel (including Raw) and 32 bits/channel (HDR) images and, last but not least, a very wide range of image file formats.

Conclusion: PhotoZoom Pro 4 is the ideal solution for enlarging digital images, both for printing and on-screen purposes. Besides enlargements of unequalled quality it offers various professional functions and features, and can be easily fit into anyone's workflow. PhotoZoom Pro 4 is an absolute must-have for both professionals and serious amateurs who want to resize their images.

What's new in PhotoZoom Pro 4

Online Reviews of PhotoZoom Pro 4

Christopher Swift  does a video review - Photoshop-Pro.com 

System Requirements PhotoZoom Pro 4

Windows:
Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2008, 2003, or 2000
Photoshop version CS2 or higher for plug-ins


Mac:
Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6), Leopard (10.5), or Tiger (10.4)
Photoshop version CS2 (9.0.2) or higher for plug-ins


64-bit and 32-bit working environments are fully supported on both Windows & Mac

PhotoZoom Pro 4 Comparison chart

Overview of the features offered by PhotoZoom Classic 4 and PhotoZoom Pro 4:

	PhotoZoom Classic 4	PhotoZoom Pro 4
S-Spline interpolation technology
S-Spline XL interpolation technology
S-Spline Max interpolation technology
Film grain
Fine-tuning of S-Spline interpolation settings
Fine-tuning of sharpening settings
Built-in S-Spline interpolation presets
Option to save custom made presets
Reduction of artifacts/noise
Improved JPEG artifact reduction
Multi-processor support
Stand-alone application (no Photoshop required)
Photoshop compatible Automation plug-in
Photoshop compatible Export plug-in
Supports 64-bit and 32-bit environments
Batch processing
Cropping
Common size presets
Open/save RGB
Open/save Grayscale
Open CMYK
Save CMYK
Open Lab
Save Lab
Open 16 bits/channel images
Save 16 bits/channel (incl. Raw) images		*
Open 32 bits/channel (HDR) images		*
Save 32 bits/channel (HDR) images		*
Preserves Alpha channels
Preserves layers		*
Preserves IPTC metadata
Preserves Exif metadata
Preserves XMP metadata
Preserves ICC profiles
Maximum enlargement size in pixels	300000 × 300000	1 million × 1 million
(* Automation plug-in version only)