Photo Retouching - - "Smart Sharpening" Technique - Page 2

DJ Dubovsky · #16 10-14-2001, 04:31 PM

Ed
I can see the deffinate difference. Thanks for showing us your results. Sometimes unless you do a comparison side by side like you just did, you don't really know how much of a difference there really is.
DJ

paulette conlan · #17 10-17-2001, 05:27 PM

Very good link!There was a technique on the above mentioned site which described sharpening using a high pass filter. I tried it and got excellent results. It was also quite simple to do. I'm wondering if you tried this one also Ed and if so, how do you think it compares to the other method.
Re the various methods for fixing up an image where the subject is in the shadows I did a comparison between a few methods and had the best success with a technique described in a Kelby book on Photo Retouching. Basically you open your image,go to levels and drag the middle slider to the left to lighten the part in
shadows. Next you go to the history palette to click on the original open state Then click a soft history brush next to the "levels" state.Paint over the part in shadows only. Decrease the opacity if necessary.
I wasn't initially very crazy about this book at first but I find that I'm starting to consult it more often than I used to.It's like using an everyday cookbook .Paulette

Ed_L · #18 10-17-2001, 09:27 PM

Hi Paulette,

I didn't read the one using the high pass filter, but I have sharpened using that filter. I think it will depend on the individual photo as to if one is better than the other. The image with the link above is the only one I used the "smart sharpen" on, but I was *very* impressed with the results. That one gets a spot in my "best of" folder.

Jeanie turned us on to a good one!

Ed

Ed_L · #19 10-17-2001, 09:28 PM

Almost forgot! Thanks for the tip. I've got it copied so I can try it soon.

Ed

nonamac · #20 10-31-2002, 06:12 PM

It's a year later, and that link appears to have vanished into cyberspace. Any clue as to what this wonderful sharpening technique was???

Macky

jeaniesa · #21 10-31-2002, 07:49 PM

Hmmm - I'm pretty sure I printed this off a year ago. Now, if I can just figure out WHERE I put it!!

Jeanie

dcarr · #22 10-31-2002, 08:08 PM

I think this is it folks

www.luminous-landscape.com

Debbie

jeaniesa · #23 10-31-2002, 08:12 PM

Yes, that's the general website Debbie, but finding the actual tutorial was a bit of a challenge. After a bit of searching, it seems that the URL has changed to: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tu...rt_sharp.shtml.

Jeanie

nonamac · #24 10-31-2002, 08:19 PM

Oh, right...high pass sharpening. Thanks, got it!

Macky

nonamac · #25 10-31-2002, 08:26 PM

Oh. NOT high pass. Very

Thanks, jeaniesa!! Having the correct tut helps!!!

Macky

jeaniesa · #26 10-31-2002, 08:28 PM

Actually, this is a different method than High Pass sharpening. It uses the Find Edges filter to create a selection so that only the edges in an image are sharpened rather than the whole image. This reduces the increased grain in faces and skies that can occur with other sharpening methods.

Jeanie

Stephen M · #27 11-01-2002, 03:23 AM

Some related links:

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binar...V_links.html#S

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binar...litymasks.html

Stephen Marsh.

nonamac · #28 11-01-2002, 10:43 PM

Thanks Stephen...turns out your site was already in my FAVOURITES!!

Macky

Sweet-P · #29 03-05-2003, 06:02 PM

Can someone tell me where this technique is? I clicked on the link in the original post but evidently that no longer exists. I sure would appreciate it if someone could briefly give me the steps involved, if the link is no longer available...

pretty please?

Blacknight · #30 03-05-2003, 07:13 PM

Six messages back is a link that works (seven, now!)