BenVista releases PhotoZoom Pro 6

ARNHEM, September 22, 2014 – Today BenVista announced the release of their new photo resizing software PhotoZoom Pro 6. The product, available for OS X and Windows, works both as a stand-alone application and as a plug-in for various host programs such as Photoshop.

The PhotoZoom series is specialized in enlarging (and downsizing) digital images while preserving maximum quality. It is the only software to use BenVista's in-house developed S-Spline resize technology. With PhotoZoom Pro 6, BenVista says to have further improved the technology, which has been under development for the past fifteen years.

"In PhotoZoom Pro 6, we have reinforced our S-Spline Max algorithm with improved detection of tiny details and subtle edges. During enlargement, these are now being reconstructed in a smart way, yielding extremely true-to-nature results. The improvements are particularly spectacular with low resolution originals, which often contain lots of delicate details," says D.S. Schoolwerth, CEO at BenVista.

Schoolwerth adds, "Moreover, PhotoZoom Pro 6 comes with a new option to enhance the vividness of photos. This comes in very handy when enlarging originals that look a bit dim or lacklustre. PhotoZoom Pro 6 will not only turn them into perfect enlargements, but can also bring these photos to life by adding some extra sunshine."

Other improvements are split screen previewing for making live comparisons between different resize methods, improved GPU acceleration for increased speed, and new presets that were specially designed for various types of photos and graphics. Also, PhotoZoom Pro 6 now supports Raw images both as a plug-in and stand-alone application.

Demo versions of PhotoZoom Pro 6 can be downloaded directly from the BenVista website: www.benvista.com. Upgrade options are available for existing PhotoZoom users.

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BenVista releases PhotoZoom 5

ARNHEM, December 4, 2012 -- Today BenVista announced the release of their new photo resizing software PhotoZoom 5. The release includes two versions, PhotoZoom Pro 5 and PhotoZoom Classic 5, which are available for both Windows and Mac platforms as of now.

The PhotoZoom series is specialized in enlarging and downsizing digital images while preserving their original quality, for which it uses BenVista's patented, award-winning S-Spline(R) technologies. PhotoZoom 5 also removes noise and JPEG compression artifacts. Besides compatibility with Windows 8 and OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion), PhotoZoom 5 introduces various new features and improvements.

Version 5 offers the option to combine cropping and resizing into one process. This makes it easy to for example convert a photo with a 4:3 width-to-height ratio into 16:9 (Full HD), without stretching the picture out of its original proportions. Instead, a specific area with proportions equal to the output image is selected and resized.

BenVista's most advanced technology for enlarging and downsizing images is S-Spline Max. Although the technology creates excellent results, it also requires a lot of computing power. To reduce processing time, PhotoZoom Pro 5 now uses both multi-core processors and GPU acceleration.

Says D.S. Schoolwerth, CEO at BenVista, "Quality-wise, S-Spline Max was already the number one image enlargement method in the world. But it was not the fastest method around, so we are much pleased by the addition of GPU acceleration. It allows PhotoZoom Pro 5 to produce image enlargements of the same excellent quality as PhotoZoom Pro 4, but it does the job up to five times faster."

PhotoZoom 5 comes with a redesigned interface layout, making it more accessible, flexible, and user-friendly. Another workflow improvement is the new option to create "resize profiles". These are full compilations of the user's favorite settings which, once created, can be selected with a single click.

Demo versions of PhotoZoom Pro 5 and PhotoZoom Classic 5 can be downloaded directly from the BenVista website: www.benvista.com. Upgrade options are available for existing PhotoZoom users.

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Software: BenVista PhotoZoom Pro 3

If you are unhappy about the quality of you digital image enlargements, then you have to give BenVista PhotoZoom Pro 3 a try. It is easy to get superb results through the award winning S-Spline technology when resizing your images using BenVista PhotoZoom Pro 3.

Key Features:

# Enlarge your photos and images with S-Spline Max, the No. 1 image resizing technique in the world. BenVista's S-Spline technology has been awarded and praised by the professional and consumer press over and over again.

# Previous generations of BenVista's S-Spline algorithm already excelled in preserving sharp edges. The new S-Spline Max also adds refined preservation of subtle details, and true to nature reconstruction of shapes. With PhotoZoom Pro 3, you can create image enlargements of unequalled quality.

# For quick results, PhotoZoom Pro 3 offers various pre-defined settings, specially designed for different types of images. In addition, all settings can be manually fine-tuned to the user's liking. Settings made can be saved and used again later.

# For a subtle finishing touch, you can add Film Grain.

# Batch processing allows you to resize huge amounts of images in one go.

# Extensive support for high-end image formats (metadata, ICC profiles, color spaces, layers, 16 bits/channel (including Raw) and 32 bits/channel (HDR) images, etc)

# PhotoZoom Pro 3 fits into anyone's workflow. It works not only as a stand-alone application, but also as an Automation plug-in and Export plug-in for Photoshop. The software is compatible with the latest versions of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Adobe Photoshop.

# PhotoZoom Pro 3 can be applied as a Photoshop Action.

# Various common interpolation techniques (such as Photoshop's Bicubic, and Lanczos) are included, so you can easily compare their results with those of BenVista's patented S-Spline techniques.

# PhotoZoom Pro 3 offers a large preview window with zooming functionality, so you can preview the resizing results in great detail. What you see is what you get.

For more information go to BenVista PhotoZoom Pro 3.

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