Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for your help on sharpening. I'm working on the pics now. Will repost to the web after I get the results I want. Thanks again. Jim Nelon Eric Welch wrote: > >That is, is the sharpening done at scan time somewhere in the Nikon scanner > >driver > >or later in Photoshop? I don't know how to do it. Thanks for your help. > > In Photoshop use unsharp mask. Not sharpening. It sounds strange, but it's > got what you need. It depends on how big your image file is on the amounts > you use. > > "Amount" at about 100-300 - bigger files use a bigger number. > "Radius" at 1.0 for normal pictures. Higher to increase impression of > sharpness, but it falls apart really quickly. Grainy pictures, use 0.8. > "Threshold" at 0 for fine-grained images, and increase it to minimize grain > - to a reasonable amount. Too much will soften the image and work against > the first two settings. > > You have to play with the amounts and see what works for you. Sometimes > with high grain, a hit of despeckle before unsharp mask will help to > minimize grain effects. > -- > > Eric Welch > St. Joseph, MO > http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > > You're only young once; you can be immature f'ever