Lightroom 5 : Turning off sharpening function

[Jen003]

Could anyone give me clear instructions how to do this please? I don't like how this part of Lightroom functions and prefer to sharpen in another program.

Many thanks, Jen

 

[Allan Olesen]

Could anyone give me clear instructions how to do this please?

I assume you are not satisfied with setting the sharpening slider to 0?

 

[Jen003]

Could anyone give me clear instructions how to do this please?

I assume you are not satisfied with setting the sharpening slider to 0?

No, otherwise I have to do it for every image, Sorry, I should have stated this also.

Jen

 

[Dareshooter]

Create a preset with the sharpening set to zero and then apply the preset when you import the images. BTW what don't you like about Lightrooms sharpening and what program do you use to sharpen ?

 

[richardplondon]

Could anyone give me clear instructions how to do this please?

I assume you are not satisfied with setting the sharpening slider to 0?

No, otherwise I have to do it for every image, Sorry, I should have stated this also.

Two methods either/both of which can address a given slider, and BTW this is a different issue for images that have been imported already, than it is for images which are about to be.

There are some things which make sense to apply across the board, and others which do not. So you may want to use both approaches in combination - one to address (say) NR or camera profile, the other to (say) turn on lens profile corrections etc, as seems appropriate.

Preset: set an image as you want it in terms of a processing default, then grab just certain aspects into a named develop preset, by checking that category/ies of adjustment, leaving all the rest unchecked. Apply this preset as needed retrospectively, also include it as needed within the Import dialog ("Apply during import") for new images.

Advantages: defaults applied this way, can be updated in just one place if needed. Also because selective, you can avoid obliterating OTHER kinds of processing including those you have changed actively, and those deriving from processing defaults which you do want to see.

Disadvantage: this works the same across all types of picture; not individualised.

Set default: For each camera, and separately for both raw (if used) and jpg pictures taken by that camera, make the desired change onto an otherwise un-adjusted image of that kind. Then "Set as Default" to update the general processing defaults governing that class of photo (only).

Advantage: specific to just that one kind of picture: you can maintain different defaults.

Disadvantages: specific to just that one kind of picture: if you want to update it, you have to do so separately for each variation.

If re-applied using Reset - this is NOT selective, as a preset is: you will inescapably override ALL processing including crop, local adjustments etc by doing this (though you can still rescue selected aspects of your prior processing, by Copy / Pasting those from the history state preceding your Reset).

RP

 

[Jen003]

Create a preset with the sharpening set to zero and then apply the preset when you import the images. BTW what don't you like about Lightrooms sharpening and what program do you use to sharpen ?

Thank you for this answer Dareshooter. Many may not agree but I like to view my images in Windows believing that gives the truest indication of sharpness and colours. Whenever I apply sharpening to a closer image than landscape, the results from Lrm look really ugly - coarse and overdone.

I use Corel's PaintShop Pro Vers 14. Their sharpening is brilliant and gives me a wide choice of the kind of sharpening and how much to apply etc.

Thanks again, Jen

 

[richardplondon]

Create a preset with the sharpening set to zero and then apply the preset when you import the images. BTW what don't you like about Lightrooms sharpening and what program do you use to sharpen ?

Thank you for this answer Dareshooter. Many may not agree but I like to view my images in Windows believing that gives the truest indication of sharpness and colours. Whenever I apply sharpening to a closer image than landscape, the results from Lrm look really ugly - coarse and overdone.

Could you share your settings - both in Develop and in the Export dialog? This is one aspect of Lightroom which I think most people find, can be controlled really quite well.

Perhaps there is some kind of unwanted setting in place and incorporated into your defaults - such as, the wrong Radius or a very high Detail setting - or perhaps you have export sharpening set on High, which is (to my judgement) generally too much, on top of what you will have been previewing in Develop.

Also, it is worth mentioning that one should check, assess and fine-tune the Develop sharpening at 1:1 zoom view - and not rely only on a scaled-to-fit view of the entire picture, and in particular, not rely on the Library thumbnail view for this.

Heavy sharpening may interact nastily with high values for Clarity, and luminance Noise Reduction too, as examples.

A quite soft-touch approach with all these LR adjustments, means you are not seeking to get straight to the finished item. Images can then be made naturally crisp for a particular resized output, as a further semi-smart operation, by selecting either Low or Medium output sharpening (for Screen) in the Export settings.

RP

 

[Dareshooter]

Create a preset with the sharpening set to zero and then apply the preset when you import the images. BTW what don't you like about Lightrooms sharpening and what program do you use to sharpen ?

Thank you for this answer Dareshooter. Many may not agree but I like to view my images in Windows believing that gives the truest indication of sharpness and colours. Whenever I apply sharpening to a closer image than landscape, the results from Lrm look really ugly - coarse and overdone.

I use Corel's PaintShop Pro Vers 14. Their sharpening is brilliant and gives me a wide choice of the kind of sharpening and how much to apply etc.

Thanks again, Jen

Your welcome Jen. Maybe you need to brush up on your sharpening technique in Lightroom. What gave me cause for concern when I migrated from Canons DPP to Lightroom was the way the detail slider, if set to high, could render an image with a sort of reticulated appearance which I too considered ugly. You need to back off with it and apply masking to areas that need no sharpening and also be wary of the clarity slider. Also it would help enormously if you could indicate what sharpening settings you're using so that maybe we can see where things might be going wrong and then hopefully, someone can help resolve this issue.

 

[Jen003]

All these answers are helpful and I will answer your questions tomorrow as it is after midnight here now. I use Lrm's sharpening set at the default 25%. In PaintShop Pro, I tend to use UnSharp mask and usually 2 sometimes 1 or 3 with good results.

Jen

 

[George Wilt]

There are numerous LR tutorials on youtube which may help you with your problem. B&H has several which are quite inforrmative.

George