There is no one size fits all sharpening procedure. It depends on a
lot of things like the contrast in the picture, the amount of fine
detail, the stage of image processing. There are different ways to
sharpen that have different effects as well.
Generally it is best I think to leave the sharpening to software with
none or a minimal amount set in the camera. Do a quick sharpening for
your medium, scan or digital camera image depending on detail and
size of the file. After doing any other adjustments do a detail touch
up in sharpening if needed such as overall or an area with a
sharpening brush so it looks exactly the way you want it. Then do a
final sharpening depending on how the image is used. A sharpening for
a small internet image is different than that for an inkjet print.
That is why I use PhotoKit Sharpener Pro. It makes all that easy.
There is a review here:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/pk-sharpener.shtml
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Dec 16, 2006, at 10:53 PM, Phil wrote:
>
> Shapening is something I haven't really got to grips with, just how
> far do
> you go, I have been using
> USM in CS, but have now got CS2, secondly should you sharpen in RAW
> in CS2
> or do it all once converted, how do you ell if an image has been over
> sharpened, any exampless?
>
> Phil
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