Conventional interpolation is based on --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- guesswork --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- because: --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- • the pixels are small. --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- • the pixels are far apart. --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- • no information is generated in the horizontal and vertical planes. --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- • the intermediate pixel is created by averaging out the data --- RECORDSEPARATOR --- from surrounding pixels