Sharpening for Forums

Fangman · 20-03-2006, 19:26

I notice it was the IceMan's turn today to get advice on sharpening as I had earlier in the week. Come on you experts - how do you do it?

I used to go into lab and sharpen usm in the lightness channel and recently moved to the TPF action to resize and sharpen. Recently been playing with the script for capture and output sharpen and can get told not enough and then I over compensate.

Tell all you experts.

Jonny · 20-03-2006, 20:10

I simply have bount an action to my F4 button to do this:

Unsharpen Mask
100%
0.3px

I just press F4 to sharpen my image, and press it again if i need to do some more.

evilowl · 20-03-2006, 20:18

http://www.thephotographyforums.com/...ead.php?t=1740

Bachs · 20-03-2006, 20:20

My current favourite is sharpening the lightness channel in LAB mode then converting back to RGB. I've also started to use the threshold slider more (I previously left it alone at zero) I zoom into critical areas of the image checking for haloing and noise accentuation..

I also use a layer mask to remove or reduce the sharpening in shadow areas for instance, where noise is most prevelant and always duplicate the original layer and do the sharpening on that so I can completely remove it if I goof or at least reduce the opacity of the whole layer.

Amounts obviously differ for print and web resolutions and I don't use any fixed formula...the individual image and detail dictates the amount.

I used to always sharpen last and always back off the sharpening in the RAW converter but these days I sharpen for print then add a little more when I resize for web or just use the 'Bicubic Sharper' option when I use the 'Save for Web' resizing option in Photoshop.

ppp · 21-03-2006, 01:09

use nik sharpner pro it is much more advanced and is a lot better than the standard unsharp mask

20-03-2006, 19:26	#1 (permalink)
Fangman Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ely Posts: 1,090	Sharpening for Forums I notice it was the IceMan's turn today to get advice on sharpening as I had earlier in the week. Come on you experts - how do you do it? I used to go into lab and sharpen usm in the lightness channel and recently moved to the TPF action to resize and sharpen. Recently been playing with the script for capture and output sharpen and can get told not enough and then I over compensate. Tell all you experts.

20-03-2006, 20:20	#4 (permalink)
Bachs Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Montrose NE Scotland Posts: 919	My current favourite is sharpening the lightness channel in LAB mode then converting back to RGB. I've also started to use the threshold slider more (I previously left it alone at zero) I zoom into critical areas of the image checking for haloing and noise accentuation.. I also use a layer mask to remove or reduce the sharpening in shadow areas for instance, where noise is most prevelant and always duplicate the original layer and do the sharpening on that so I can completely remove it if I goof or at least reduce the opacity of the whole layer. Amounts obviously differ for print and web resolutions and I don't use any fixed formula...the individual image and detail dictates the amount. I used to always sharpen last and always back off the sharpening in the RAW converter but these days I sharpen for print then add a little more when I resize for web or just use the 'Bicubic Sharper' option when I use the 'Save for Web' resizing option in Photoshop. __________________ Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT)---EFS 18-55 MKII kit lens---Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III USM---Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II ---Tamron AF 28-200mm Super Zoom f3.8-5.6 Aspherical (IF) Macro 1:4---BG-E3 Grip---Speedlite 580EX---Canon(ish) Angle Finder C---Photoshop CS2---Powershot A95

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20-03-2006, 20:10	#2 (permalink)
Jonny Getting Comfy Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 160	I simply have bount an action to my F4 button to do this: Unsharpen Mask 100% 0.3px I just press F4 to sharpen my image, and press it again if i need to do some more.

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evilowl Been here a while Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London village Posts: 376	http://www.thephotographyforums.com/...ead.php?t=1740

21-03-2006, 01:09	#5 (permalink)
ppp Quite Chatty Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 71	use nik sharpner pro it is much more advanced and is a lot better than the standard unsharp mask