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Sender:Thomas Rauscher
Date/Time:2006-Feb-20 17:33:47
Subject:Re: Re: PTGui 5.7 - how to use the antialiasing filters ?

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PanoTools: Re: Re: PTGui 5.7 - how to use the antialiasing filters ? Thomas Rauscher 2006-Feb-20 17:33:47
Hello Erik,

on Monday, February 20, 2006, 17:00:23 you wrote:

>> The kernel size on my page is the radius of the kernel so the largest
>> kernel is 8x8 pixels. Its also possible to extend this size to what
>> ever you like, but I see no real advantage since the the maximum
>> contribution of a pixel beyond this radius with a gamma of 2.2 is
>> sinc(4.5 * Pi) ^ 2.2 = 0,00295 for a 8 bit image this makes 0,754 of a
>> step... so a really wide pattern of white/black pixels would be needed
>> to see any difference at all... and I doubt that this gives "better"
>> results instead of just echos in a normal image.

EK> So why are the old sinc interpolators so large?

To better perform in the zoneplate rotating test... ;)

EK> I even think I can see a difference between sinc256 and
EK> sinc1024...

Yes, you may notice a difference because the sinc function is windowed
by another sinc function so if the window is wider, the weights for
the nearer pixels are a little bit different.

EK> BTW.: My favourite printing program - QImage - uses so called Vector and Pyramid
EK> filters for upsampling. They are far superior to lanczos for that task. Wouldn't
EK> they be an alternative for simple resampling, too?

I will have a look at them! Maybe some day...

MfG, 
     Thomas.






 
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