On Nov 25, 2006, at 4:07 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Like Godfrey, I've also made the transition to the "Smart Sharpen" > tool > for most of my work. Trouble (for most people) is, it's even more > esoteric than the unsharp mask tool, which is difficult enough to > get a > handle on. > > But both tools' use varies a lot depending on both image content (the > amount and spatial frequency of fine detail) and intended purpose of > the sharpening (basic sharpening, creative sharpening, print output or > web display), so the number if "correct" settings is almost infinite. > Here's a good article on sharpening in Photoshop by Bruce Fraser (yes, > *that* Bruce Fraser): > http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/20357-1.html > It seems to be fairly old - that is, it looks as if it pre-dates the > Smart Sharpen filter, but it's still very useful information.
Good reference. I attended two seminars in which he discussed this topic at the SFDIG group meetings. It changed my sharpening techniques for the better by quite a leap. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
