Genuine Fractals 6 lets you size your image by either Pixel Dimensions or Document Size. The main controls are broken into several groups, each of which can be collapsed to save space if you're not using them. The Navigator view has presets for scaling the preview, or you can use the Zoom tool in the lower right corner to zoom in to a level you want for your work. A large preview area takes up the bulk of the plug-in, and all controls are along the right side of the window. If you've used any of the OnOne products, like PhotoTools, the new PhotoFrame 4, or Focal Point, you'll feel right at home with Genuine Fractals 6 as it uses the same general user interface design and color scheme. I recently had the opportunity to test out the latest release of Genuine Fractals - Genuine Fractals Professional 6 (Figure 1) from OnOne Software. I still preferred the results from Alien Skin's Blow-up, but Genuine Fractals was greatly improved, and now a viable option if I was looking for a new program. When Genuine Fractals 5 came around, I changed my mind about the usefulness of this program. Besides, it wasn't particularly fast at saving files, and I get impatient. Sure, it greatly reduces the size of the scaled image, but it's one more step in my workflow, and I have enough of those. Newer versions though have eliminated the need to save as a. I always shied away from the early versions of Genuine Fractals though because I didn't want to deal with a proprietary file format and the hassles that involved. Over the years, I've used Fred Miranda's Resize actions, Photozoom Pro, Blow-up, and Genuine Fractals. To be honest, they all do a good job, but when it comes to our images, good is seldom good enough – we want the best and nothing less. If you're going larger, it's time to consider a plug-in, and you have a wealth of choices available to you. Bicubic is a good overall choice, while Bicubic Smoother is good for enlarging and Bicubic Sharper for reducing image size. Simply choose Image > Image Size and enter your new dimensions. If you're only resizing images about 200% or so, Adobe Photoshop's own algorithms work just fine. Well, I'm one of those people with an opinion, but I'm also fickle enough to change my mind when something better comes along. Not on the Canon versus Nikon level perhaps, but it seems that almost everyone has a strong opinion on how it should be done.
Image resizing is one of those topics that generates controversy.
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