Forum: Photography


Subject: Sharpen or Unsharp mask?

Garlor opened this issue on Mar 05, 2008 · 25 posts


SWAMP posted Wed, 05 March 2008 at 3:52 PM

Attached Link: http://www.photo-plugins.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&Itemid=43&gid=68

I prefer the “High Pass” method myself. At the attached link, download the free “High Pass Sharpening” filter. It uses Photoshop’s High Pass filter, but with the advantage that you can see the final results first (as opposed to looking at an embossed gray image and guessing at what radius is best).

 All the filters on that page are a good treat for photos, but I am particularly fond of the “Local Contrast Enhancement” filter.
Once again it is based on PS’s High Pass filter, but works more on local areas and not the edges …which sometime is a better solution to sharpening.

 

Chuck (SWAMP)