 chefjoez zieger |
Use or Mis-Use of Sharpening Adjustment I have had 5.1mp Sony for almost 2 yrs. I usually edit the pictures adding a little sharpness as offered in my editing room. Is there any disadvantage to doing this to my pictures?
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John P. Sandstedt |
You can answer your own question best. Try printing your original, or final-edited, but not sharpened image. Then apply sharpening and make a comparison print. Which one do you like better? Many, many articles state that all digital images need a bit of sharpening. When I scan my negs, slides or prints, I still sharpen. The trick is to be judicious. Start with settings of Amount: 144, Radius: 1.4 and Threshold: 0. Remember, these are starting numbers. Make a print and check it out. Adjust as suits YOU!
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BetterPhoto Member |
Not to mention that some labs will sharpen images to make them POP. The best thing would be to provide your printer an original file and a sharpened file if you want to compare, but John is right in that the best way to tell is to make a print. Sharpness on a monitor can be affected by ambient light around the monitor, monitor calibration, image size, viewing software, there can be many factors that might make one want to tweek an image before printing. Take it a step at a time and see what comes up. Chris Walrath
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chefjoez zieger |
thank you both for your thoughts. i shall continue to cauiously sharpen and compare results. joe
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