Nice article indeed.
Till recently I struggled trying to work out the best archival sharpening approach, but this technique opens my eyes.
I'm quite novice into Photoshop, so perhaps this is the reason of my confusion.
At the last step of first sharpning curve out of 2, you are applying the cretaed Edge mask to the image. However when I try to do that, there is no Load Selection available (on the original copy of the image) until I do Save Selection (choosing All option) in the Copy image containing the B/W mask)
Is that correct procedure ?
This step is missing in your instructions, probably due to the fact that is may seem obvious for more experienced users then me.
Thanks for the clear explanation!
In addition to Lee's suggestion about displaying results, another helpful graphic would show blown up details of the results of the different methods.
(Are we working you too hard?)
Thanks! -Alan
Submitted by AlanGrinberg on Fri, 03/16/2001 - 22:12.
I have learned much from reading your articles.
Your articles on sharpening are actually the best I have seen and now have used. I cannot wait until the next one!
The author's choice of words is offensive to me - "Psorasis" is a uncontrollable skin disease- and has nothing to do with the picture quality he is trying to explain.
I am a Psorasis sufferer and hate the negative attitude people have towards it!!!
Choose your words more wisely as to not offend!
Thanks for the great series on sharpening. I too used unsharpen for the entire image. It was always difficult to sharpen what needed it without magnifying noise.
Bruce has basically given me a 'Shoe in' for using photoshop. It is thanks to Real World Photoshop that I have any hope of working in photoshop to achieve the 'fine print' maturity digitally that previously was for me the exclusive realm of the traditional darkroom. Many thanks....!
Submitted by Neil Tribe on Fri, 11/09/2001 - 11:51.
Thanks for the very useful tips. However, I want to point out a problem with the way the sample images are published here -- you've used the JPEG format, which is lossy, even when used with a high quality setting. In several cases, the artifacts get in the way of seeing some of the subtle differences that you discuss. Some readers may not even realize the origin of the artifacts, and may misunderstand your points.
I would like to suggest that you use the PNG (portable network graphics) format, which supports full 24-bit color (unlike GIF, another poor choice for high fidelity in photos) and lossless compression (usually not as slim as JPEG, but reasonable, and leaves image unaltered). I believe that all modern versions of browsers include built-in support for PNG.
Thanks for the articles, and for entertaining my humble suggestion,
--Lee
Submitted by Lee Doron on Thu, 03/15/2001 - 00:31.
Small clarification
Nice article indeed.
Till recently I struggled trying to work out the best archival sharpening approach, but this technique opens my eyes.
I'm quite novice into Photoshop, so perhaps this is the reason of my confusion.
At the last step of first sharpning curve out of 2, you are applying the cretaed Edge mask to the image. However when I try to do that, there is no Load Selection available (on the original copy of the image) until I do Save Selection (choosing All option) in the Copy image containing the B/W mask)
Is that correct procedure ?
This step is missing in your instructions, probably due to the fact that is may seem obvious for more experienced users then me.
Thank in advance,
Alex Z
A Brilliant Tip!
Nice work, Brian! Until now, I was a practitioner of the blanket Unsharp Mask technique.
A Brilliant Tip!
Correction. "Nice work, Bruce!" Sorry, Bruce.
Great Article, suggestion
Thanks for the clear explanation!
In addition to Lee's suggestion about displaying results, another helpful graphic would show blown up details of the results of the different methods.
(Are we working you too hard?)
Thanks! -Alan
Good instructional information for the intermediate Photoshop us
Thanks to the author and Creative Pro. It is articles like this, that persuaded me some months ago to make Creative Pro my browser home page.
Look forward to your articles
I have learned much from reading your articles.
Your articles on sharpening are actually the best I have seen and now have used. I cannot wait until the next one!
Author use of wording is offensive
The author's choice of words is offensive to me - "Psorasis" is a uncontrollable skin disease- and has nothing to do with the picture quality he is trying to explain.
I am a Psorasis sufferer and hate the negative attitude people have towards it!!!
Choose your words more wisely as to not offend!
Very Helpful
Thanks for the great series on sharpening. I too used unsharpen for the entire image. It was always difficult to sharpen what needed it without magnifying noise.
Thankyou Bruce for this sort of insightful writing.
Bruce has basically given me a 'Shoe in' for using photoshop. It is thanks to Real World Photoshop that I have any hope of working in photoshop to achieve the 'fine print' maturity digitally that previously was for me the exclusive realm of the traditional darkroom. Many thanks....!
Good article, but JPEG is a poor choice for samples
Thanks for the very useful tips. However, I want to point out a problem with the way the sample images are published here -- you've used the JPEG format, which is lossy, even when used with a high quality setting. In several cases, the artifacts get in the way of seeing some of the subtle differences that you discuss. Some readers may not even realize the origin of the artifacts, and may misunderstand your points.
I would like to suggest that you use the PNG (portable network graphics) format, which supports full 24-bit color (unlike GIF, another poor choice for high fidelity in photos) and lossless compression (usually not as slim as JPEG, but reasonable, and leaves image unaltered). I believe that all modern versions of browsers include built-in support for PNG.
Thanks for the articles, and for entertaining my humble suggestion,
--Lee