In the “Bicubic: note the artifacts” comparison images, the bicubic version, regardless of the aliasing, is less blurry and has more detail than the “magic kern

In the “Bicubic: note the artifacts” comparison images, the bicubic version, regardless of the aliasing, is less blurry and has more detail than the “magic kernel” version. I therefore don’t agree that the latter is “visually, far superior”. There is at least some trade-off.