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Here's a small tutorial of how I sharpen in PS
without affecting artefacts.
Original pic



1: create a duplicate layer of your image in PS



2: apply the high pass filter to the duplicate layer, its in the others menu



3: select between 5 and 10 radius, ive used 7 here



4: then goto the layers pallette and select the hardlight option



5: then you can change the opacity slider to get you desired affect, and you can change it as desired if not happy



I have found this way of sharpening fantastic with digital images as it does not affect the flat areas, and you can play around with the slider to get the best affect, and also click the duplicate layer on and off and see instant results.
let me know how you all get on with this ?

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Coolpix 5700

 
Nice!

However the unsharpen mask filter gives you more control and flexibility.

Regards,
Kenneth.
-=David=- said:
Here's a small tutorial of how I sharpen in PS
without affecting artefacts.
Original pic



1: create a duplicate layer of your image in PS



2: apply the high pass filter to the duplicate layer, its in the
others menu



3: select between 5 and 10 radius, ive used 7 here



4: then goto the layers pallette and select the hardlight option



5: then you can change the opacity slider to get you desired
affect, and you can change it as desired if not happy



I have found this way of sharpening fantastic with digital images
as it does not affect the flat areas, and you can play around with
the slider to get the best affect, and also click the duplicate
layer on and off and see instant results.
let me know how you all get on with this ?

--
Coolpix 5700

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Hmm - interesting indeed. There was just a sharpening discussion on this board and it was noted that the best sharpening algorithms only target the contrast areas as your technique does. I believe Sharpen Pro was mentioned at a very steep price - and yet any program/plug-in merely performs a set of actions such as yours. Nice work.
mm
-=David=- said:
Here's a small tutorial of how I sharpen in PS
without affecting artefacts.
Original pic



1: create a duplicate layer of your image in PS



2: apply the high pass filter to the duplicate layer, its in the
others menu



3: select between 5 and 10 radius, ive used 7 here



4: then goto the layers pallette and select the hardlight option



5: then you can change the opacity slider to get you desired
affect, and you can change it as desired if not happy



I have found this way of sharpening fantastic with digital images
as it does not affect the flat areas, and you can play around with
the slider to get the best affect, and also click the duplicate
layer on and off and see instant results.
let me know how you all get on with this ?

--
Coolpix 5700

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Yes, but USM has a tendency to show inappropropriate sharpening when you use it. Notice how the grass stays smooth, which is appropriate at that distance. USM would most likely bring out tell-tale artifacts in those areas. USM is uniformly applied where the high pass looks for contrast areas.
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Schembri said:
Nice!

However the unsharpen mask filter gives you more control and
flexibility.

Regards,
Kenneth.
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-=David=- said:
Here's a small tutorial of how I sharpen in PS
without affecting artefacts.
Click to expand...
[snip]

I've only had the chance to use it on a couple of pics but it looks like a real winner.

It gives you a lot of control over exactly how much you want to sharpen.

Got to go play some more...

Thanks again for the tip!

D.R.Barnhart
 
I've used this technique for some time now and find it superior to other methods in most cases. However, I ususlly use a radius of 4 and soft light instead of hard light. Those of you experimenting may want to try these settings as well.

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Tom B.
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C P 5 7 0 0, S B 2 2 s
C P 9 5 0, T C-E 2, W C-E 2 4, K e n k o 8 x 3 2
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I think I like this method. Here's a test I did using a radius of 4 and soft light, first the unsharpened image



and a close crop



and sharpened as above



and a close crop



this one might have taken a radius of 5 or 6, but I usually rather slightly under sharpen than over sharpen. Our problem is that when we compress them for the web, we lose a little also. I usually resharpen after at about 1/3 the original settings.
It looks like a good method though.
Jarrell
http://www.pbase.com/jarrell/nikon_5700_images
 
Did you remove them already? I wanted to see it!
-=David=- said:
Here's a small tutorial of how I sharpen in PS
without affecting artefacts.
Original pic



1: create a duplicate layer of your image in PS



2: apply the high pass filter to the duplicate layer, its in the
others menu



3: select between 5 and 10 radius, ive used 7 here



4: then goto the layers pallette and select the hardlight option



5: then you can change the opacity slider to get you desired
affect, and you can change it as desired if not happy



I have found this way of sharpening fantastic with digital images
as it does not affect the flat areas, and you can play around with
the slider to get the best affect, and also click the duplicate
layer on and off and see instant results.
let me know how you all get on with this ?

--
Coolpix 5700

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Marc Vandenhende
http://web.wanadoo.be/marc-v

 
Tom Bunkley said:
I've used this technique for some time now and find it superior to
other methods in most cases. However, I ususlly use a radius of 4
and soft light instead of hard light. Those of you experimenting
may want to try these settings as well.

--
Tom B.
-
C P 5 7 0 0, S B 2 2 s
C P 9 5 0, T C-E 2, W C-E 2 4, K e n k o 8 x 3 2
P h o t o S h o p 7.0.1, E l e m e n t s 2
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Thank you very much for posting this David. I hope you don't mind, I've made myself a little pdf of this. I very nice way of sharpening.

Have you thought of placing this in the "retouching" forum?

Chris
 
-=David=- said:
Here's a small tutorial of how I sharpen in PS
without affecting artefacts.
Original pic



1: create a duplicate layer of your image in PS



2: apply the high pass filter to the duplicate layer, its in the
others menu



3: select between 5 and 10 radius, ive used 7 here



4: then goto the layers pallette and select the hardlight option



5: then you can change the opacity slider to get you desired
affect, and you can change it as desired if not happy



I have found this way of sharpening fantastic with digital images
as it does not affect the flat areas, and you can play around with
the slider to get the best affect, and also click the duplicate
layer on and off and see instant results.
let me know how you all get on with this ?

--
Coolpix 5700

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Best regards
Jørgen

(Spelling was perfect before posting, any errors must have occurred during transmission)
 
David ~ Great tutorial. I have been using this method for quite awhile, but I didn't think to use the opacity slider. Great idea! Thanks. Lloyd

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Lloyd W Hager
pbase supporter/CP995/CP4500
 
David,

You can also apply the Sharpen> Unsharp Mask as usual; then go menu: Edit> Fade Unsharp Mask, and change mode to Lumosity. Keep at percentage at 100. This keeps your colors from popping. The result is similar to changing the color mode to LAB mode [Image> Mode> Lab Color] and selecting just the "L" channel in the channels palette and applying the sharpen filter.

Brian

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Brian Harness Photographer
Dallas Texas
http://www.brianharness.com/
 
-=David=- said:
Here's a small tutorial of how I sharpen in PS
without affecting artefacts.
Original pic



1: create a duplicate layer of your image in PS



2: apply the high pass filter to the duplicate layer, its in the
others menu



3: select between 5 and 10 radius, ive used 7 here



4: then goto the layers pallette and select the hardlight option



5: then you can change the opacity slider to get you desired
affect, and you can change it as desired if not happy



I have found this way of sharpening fantastic with digital images
as it does not affect the flat areas, and you can play around with
the slider to get the best affect, and also click the duplicate
layer on and off and see instant results.
let me know how you all get on with this ?
Click to expand...
--
Coolpix 5700

 
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