enlarge in Camera Raw or CC-- which is better?

I use CC regularly and usually do my enlargements via detail
preservation within CC, but Raw offers options to enlarge as well which
is something I don't often consider. So, which method is better and why?

On 05/08/2015 04:06 AM, pete wrote:
I use CC regularly and usually do my enlargements via detail
preservation within CC, but Raw offers options to enlarge as well which
is something I don't often consider. So, which method is better and why?

Talking Photoshop CC, not Lightroom or the others.

On 2015-05-08 08:08:01 +0000, pete said:

On 05/08/2015 04:06 AM, pete wrote:
I use CC regularly and usually do my enlargements via detail
preservation within CC, but Raw offers options to enlarge as well which
is something I don't often consider. So, which method is better and why?

Talking Photoshop CC, not Lightroom or the others.

In ACR or Lightroom (LR uses the ACR engine) you can only crop to a
specific aspect ratio, neither one has a resize feature.
In Photoshop you can crop to size, &/or aspect ratio or you can resize
using the current algorithm, which is pretty good. The one caveat is to
use a bit of common sense when it comes to the amount of "Enlargement"
you have in mind.

For most sensible enlargements using the menu Image-Image Size you
should see the Image Size dialog with a preview window. Fill in data as
required.

If you intend to enlarge from a severe crop, or to make a truly massive
enlargement, then it would probably be best to use a specialty plug-in
such as On1 Software's Perfect Resize. That can work as a plug-in for
PS or LR, and as a stand-alone application. It can be bought as a
single app, but the most value is in th entire On1 Suite.
http://www.on1.com/products/resize9/

--
Regards,

Savageduck