Cropping and Sharpening

[rlualhati]

So the general rule of thumb is to always sharpen last as part of your workflow.

But I have read that it is ok to crop AFTER sharpening as long as you do not re-sample.

Can the previous statement be verified or negated? I have only been able to test with smaller sizes -- 5x7 and 8x10. I've been staring at them so long that I can't even tell the difference anymore....

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

[andrewrodney]

Originally Posted by rlualhati

So the general rule of thumb is to always sharpen last as part of your workflow.

Yes, if you follow 20th century image processing advise <g>.

Read this:
http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/20357.html

[Chain]

Simply cropping an image (or trimming the print with a scissor for that matter) does not change the pixels in the image and will not interfere your sharpening.

(Note that resampling is a different matter).