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Does anyone know of a PhotoShop Unsharp Mask tutorial?

I remember once seeing it on one of the forums but I didn't save it and now I'm sorry.

regards,
blang
 
Dont know about those tutorials but I've found only 2 settings to use that work for me: Minimum, and slightly more than minimum.
Minimum: Thresh 0 Radius 4.0 Amount 75
This is usually enough

If not:
Slighlty more: Thresh 0 Radius 4.5 Amount 80
 
blang said:
Does anyone know of a PhotoShop Unsharp Mask tutorial?
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Here are some:
http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/11242.html
http://www.carlvolk.com/photoshop03.htm
http://epaperpress.com/pscolor/index.html
http://www.arraich.com/ps_tips_shrpn1.htm
http://www.scantips.com/simple6.html
http://www.macworld.com/2000/04/create/sharperimages.html
http://www.2live4.com/sharpening.htm
http://www.lonestardigital.com/photoshop_quicktips.htm
http://www.elementkjournals.com/qua/9910/qua99a1.htm
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/instant_photoshop.htm
http://www.rogercavanagh.com/tips/t03_sharpening.htm
http://www.rogercavanagh.com/tips/t03a_usm.htm
http://www.aim-dtp.net/aim/techniques/index.htm

An overview:
http://msconsulting.org/WCCDigitalTopics/DigitalTopics_3.html

Other sharpening techniques:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/smart_sharp.htm
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/high-pass-sharpening.htm
http://www.outbackphoto.com/workshop/photoshop_corner

JKJ
 
JK Jordan said:
blang said:
Does anyone know of a PhotoShop Unsharp Mask tutorial?
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Here are some:
http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/11242.html
http://www.carlvolk.com/photoshop03.htm
http://epaperpress.com/pscolor/index.html
http://www.arraich.com/ps_tips_shrpn1.htm
http://www.scantips.com/simple6.html
http://www.macworld.com/2000/04/create/sharperimages.html
http://www.2live4.com/sharpening.htm
http://www.lonestardigital.com/photoshop_quicktips.htm
http://www.elementkjournals.com/qua/9910/qua99a1.htm
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/instant_photoshop.htm
http://www.rogercavanagh.com/tips/t03_sharpening.htm
http://www.rogercavanagh.com/tips/t03a_usm.htm
http://www.aim-dtp.net/aim/techniques/index.htm

An overview:
http://msconsulting.org/WCCDigitalTopics/DigitalTopics_3.html

Other sharpening techniques:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/smart_sharp.htm
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/high-pass-sharpening.htm
http://www.outbackphoto.com/workshop/photoshop_corner

JKJ
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Hi JKJ,

Just wanted to thank you for all these links. Now if I can only find time to read them all. Regards, Sybil
 
Really depends on what sort of image you are trying to sharpen. I've needed some sharpening on some antique pics, the old blurry kinds, and found an aqmount of 250% amnd radius of 1.0 to be perfect. The Threshold option is handy too at times, other than the default of 0. If you raise it, PS won't sharpen low contrast pixels.

A good technique also is if you happen to be using a Gaussian blur along with it, you can try setting the radius value in USM to the same as you set in GB, namely for myself usually around 2.0; Using this value ensures that USM correctly locates blurred edges and raises contrast.
Best thing to do is experiment, there are no rules set in stone for values.
Besides, it's fun.
;-)
D.
charles gage said:
Dont know about those tutorials but I've found only 2 settings to
use that work for me: Minimum, and slightly more than minimum.
Minimum: Thresh 0 Radius 4.0 Amount 75
This is usually enough

If not:
Slighlty more: Thresh 0 Radius 4.5 Amount 80
Click to expand...
 
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