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ps 3 sharpening

  • 15-09-2007 8:00pm
    #1
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,742 ✭✭✭✭


    i have recently started using ps 3 , for sharpening previously on cs , i used unsharpen mask , at a radius of 1.1 , and set amount between 15 and 30 , depending on image .. to be honest i have not noticed a great improvement with this -- is the smart sharpen or sharpen edges any good on cs 3 , any reccomendations for this appreciated , as i want to sharpen up a few photos.
    Cheers.


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  • #2
    Muineach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 575 ✭✭✭Muineach


    I tend to use High Pass sharpening most of the time, I'd say over the last month of so the breakdown of sharpening has gone something like this:

    80% Multiple High Pass Sharpening with masks
    10% Smart Sharpen
    10% USM

    I find that they each have their own niche's, I generally try a smart sharpen as its nice a quick, if I don't like the results, bin it and move onto the next.

    I did a quick tutorial on multiple high pass sharpening, might be of some use:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055138186


  • #3
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,742 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    Having not used smart sharpen before , what kind of range do you find works best on the Smart Sharpen , for Amount and radius ?

    any other tips for it , appreciated .
    cheers


  • #4
    Muineach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 575 ✭✭✭Muineach


    it varies from photo to photo, sometimes 1.2 with 35% will be fine, other times I've whacked it up to 3 at 70%.
    As far as i know:
    The radius sets what the limit will be for an edge, so if you have very fine detail a radius of 1.2. If you have "large" edges to be sharpened you'll need to bump it up, but then the rest of the image will look woeful, that's why I tend to use High Pass a few times with different masks to get the best result, takes longer.

    Russell Brown has a good set of video's on it, his video's

    Do a "find" sharp on the page, there's a lot on there about sharpening


  • #5
    Muineach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 575 ✭✭✭Muineach


    just found this
    http://ronbigelow.com/articles/sharpen1/sharpen1.htm

    i think what you want is on page 3

    http://ronbigelow.com/articles/sharpen3/sharpen3.htm


  • #6
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,742 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    thanks a lot Muineach - very helpfull :)


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  • #7
    Fenster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭Fenster


    High pass for most of my sharpening, with smart sharpening for a tone-up before I publish.


  • #8
    leinsterman
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    30% is not a whole lot of sharpening for unsharp mask ...

    I use radius of 0.9 - 1.5 and amount of 100-300 depending on the type of image ... however if you are going to do this you need to be careful which pixels you use for sharpening by using a mask ... we learnt in the Guy Gowan tutorial to use Red for portraits, Blue for landscapes and grey for general use ...

    Most of the time I prefer smart sharpen to unsharp mask ...

    You also need to look for oversharpening in the shadows with this technique ...


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