![]() ![]() In the File Handling tab, you will see the options for handling JPEG, HEIC and TIFF images. If we try to use Super Resolution on a file that’s already been enhanced, we see an error message. That’s a credible enlargement but still only produces an image that’s 31 inches on the long edge when printed at 300ppi. The Super Resolution version is 6,912 x 9,216 pixels (63.7MP). In the cactus image example, the original file was 3,456 x 4,608 pixels (15.9MP). Currently the feature will double the pixel dimension along each side of the image. There is a limit to the enlargement you can achieve using Super Resolution. The standard Enhance Detail feature found in Lightroom and Adobe Camera RAW did improve this, but the results that I’m seeing from Super Resolution are excellent. If you’ve followed my writing for a while, you will know that I’ve been critical in the past of Adobe’s inability to process the Fuji XTrans RAW files well. Third, Super Resolution works great with Fuji XTrans RAW files. Whilst experimenting I found the results I could achieve when using RAW files shot with my highest quality lenses were far superior. ![]() If you start with a RAW file that’s noisy and soft, you will just produce a larger version of that file. Second, the quality of the original RAW file will determine the quality of the Super Resolution file. This is important because you may find the original settings for things like noise reduction and sharpening don’t suit the Super Resolution version. When using Super Resolution in Photoshop there are a few important points to be aware of.įirst, any adjustments you make to the original RAW file in Camera RAW are carried over to the new enhanced RAW file. You can then click the DNG file to apply any adjustments before opening the image in Photoshop. This new image is then saved as a DNG file and appears in the film strip along bottom of the Camera RAW interface. What happens when you click the “Enhance” button is that a new Super Resolution version of the image is produced. The other information in the dialog is the estimated time to complete the processing, which in this example is 9 seconds. You can also click the preview with your mouse to toggle between the normal image and the Super Resolution preview to check the effect. You will then see the preview area update to show a magnified section of the image with Super Resolution applied. If not, click the option to toggle it on. It’s likely that on opening the Enhance Preview dialog you will find the Super Resolution option already ticked. Later I’ll explain how to do this with other image formats, but for now we will use a RAW file. If we want to use Super Resolution, we first need to open our image in Camera RAW. You must convert the RAW file to an image in Camera RAW before you can edit it in Photoshop. ![]() What happens when you try to open a RAW file in Photoshop is that it launches Adobe Camera RAW. The first thing to understand is that Super Resolution isn’t really in Photoshop but that it’s part of Camera RAW. Now you know what to expect, let’s look at how to use Super Resolution in Photoshop. After that, we do some pixel peeping to see how Super Resolution compares to a couple of existing methods of resizing images. In doing so, I’ll be explaining how you can use Super Resolution as well as providing tips about how to make the most of the feature. In this article we explore the new Super Resolution Photoshop feature to answer the question does it really work. Does the New Super Resolution Photoshop Feature Work? ![]()
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