Preserve Details 2.0 Upscale

Preserve details 2.0 doesn't exist in Photoshop 21.1.2!!!!

Here's an original 100% crop at 600 x 600 pixels:

And here it's preserve details 2.0-upsampled to 1500 x 1500 - and then cropped back down to 600 x 600:

Not bad, no obvious artifacts - but do you really gain anything? No, you don't. I'd still print at original pixels, as long as ppi is still high enough to avoid visible pixels.

Derek, it is a clear  improvement.  Even with angles and curves, but obviously works better on hard edges. 

I'll weigh in with my perspective, Derek

Sometimes I will upscale cartoons. Of the three enlargement settings, Preserve Details 2 with a 99% noise reduction does the best job at 400% enlargement. I usually keep between 160-200% upscale, but it does a nice job at 4x or 400%.

Before applying the setting, the Image Size Preview Window gives me an idea what too expect and I do see a difference between Preserve Details and Preserve Details 2.0 with that same 99% n.r. setting.

I have never tried it on continuous tone photo images so far.

Gene