Hi!
There are so may techniques to sharpening that to be familiar with only one
or two is like only using one or two f-stops on your lens. Boris, I highly
recommend that you learn more techniques and become proficient with them. And remember that sharpening usually increases contrast, so plan on that
when finalizing the image before the final sharpening. Also, it's not a
bad idea to sharpen on a layer rather than the flattened image. You can
then adjust the opacity and fill. Also you may want to consider selective
sharpening, for example, use a greater degree on the eye, a somewhat lesser
degree on the face, and perhaps none for the background. In PS there's a
sharpening brush which allows for a lot of additional control as well. Learn your tools. Take your time. Becoming good at it is not something
you can "hurry up and do."
Stupid me :). It never occurred to me that I can also play with opacity of High Pass sharpening layer...
I am not sure Elements has sharpening brush though.
Boris
