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jaakkoc 4 days ago [-]
Full disclaimer: the Enlarger app is something I did.
Fuller disclaimer: this kind of a "postmark"-sized pic blowup test case is borderline unfair to every model in the comparison, mine included.
Terretta 4 days ago [-]
Enlarger's ear lobes are molting!
Most any upsize looks better if you toss hue protected noise back in; you've made good use of that point.
jaakkoc 3 days ago [-]
Thanks. Yeah, I used to do the tug-and-pull of scaling, then adding noise and sharpening, scaling a little more, adding more noise, adding more sharpening, etc. to ad nauseam. And photoshop sharpening was too much always for my taste.
At scale, this tool should speed that process up a "bit". Let's say 100s of photos.
abejfehr 22 hours ago [-]
I can only see a mouth and nose on mobile
cors-fls 22 hours ago [-]
On mobile it shows a zoomed in version of the image. It shows the small details even more. I was not really agreeing with the author on the superiority of Enlarger.
With the full images, the comparison is much more to the advantage of Enlarger.
zerof1l 19 hours ago [-]
Is it me, or do all upscaled photos look like it's a video game, or the face is made out of smooth plastic?
netsharc 15 hours ago [-]
Pet peeve: people who use "4x" instead of "quadrupled".
Arodex 22 hours ago [-]
A human face is the easiest target - because AI upscalers can make up a "fake" face realistic enough to fool most people.
Especially something as standardized as a passport photo.
Fuller disclaimer: this kind of a "postmark"-sized pic blowup test case is borderline unfair to every model in the comparison, mine included.
Most any upsize looks better if you toss hue protected noise back in; you've made good use of that point.
At scale, this tool should speed that process up a "bit". Let's say 100s of photos.
With the full images, the comparison is much more to the advantage of Enlarger.
Especially something as standardized as a passport photo.
See this article shared on HN a week ago:
https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/06/30/what-happens-when-the-in...