High pass sharpening

[famas]

Hello all.

So been adding new stuff to the blog, today I wrote a tutorial on high pass sharpening.

If any one is intrested or would be kind enough to give it a go, let me know what you think? If any improvments could be made.

linky

thanks
Dan

 

[arclight]

That is a very clear description, Dan and I have saved it try (Hope I can use it with PSE7). Only thing that troubles me is that I struggle to see a difference between your Before and After shots. (Perhaps my eyesight is at fault).
Thanks for posting that. PP is not my strongpoint and I am always looking for pointers.

 

[Lucecul]

Nice one, however is there a difference from doing it your way to just...

Duplicating the layer > Filter > High Pass?

 

[famas]

Only thing that troubles me is that I struggle to see a difference between your Before and After shots.

If you open both images on seperate windows and flick between them you should see the biggest difference around the head area. You wont be able to tell at the reduced size.

Nice one, however is there a difference from doing it your way to just...

Duplicating the layer > Filter > High Pass?

In effect it is the same process, however you may notice a change in colour/contrast doing it like that.


I like to use smart layers because of thier flexability.

cheers for your comments.

 

[barrypriddis]

Saved to try later

 

[arclight]

Quote:
Only thing that troubles me is that I struggle to see a difference between your Before and After shots.
If you open both images on seperate windows and flick between them you should see the biggest difference around the head area. You wont be able to tell at the reduced size.

You are right, Dan. Sorry for that.

 

[famas]

No worries, I thought I might have posted the same picture twice so had a quick check.

cheers
Dan.

 

[nikonuser]

Nice easy to read and follow tutorial....thanks for your time and effort.
I've not heard of changing the blending mode to Luminosity before - is this because you have used Smart Objects - or would you make this change anyway.
Also please, I have seen a tutorial where it suggests that you carry out high pass sharpening at 100% crop, what do you think??
Apprerciate your comments
Dave

 

[famas]

The smart object layer is used so two blending modes can be applied to the same layer, luminosity to the layer to prevent a colour change when applying the high pass filter, and overlay to the filter.

Yes its always a good idea to zoom to 100% to see the effects of the sharpen, I forgot to put this into the tutorial. I'll add it now.

cheers.

 

[JasonRS]

You can avoid impacting the colour by desaturating the layer before blending so you get a quicker approach of

Duplicate layer
Desat
Blend (soft light most often)
Apply high pass to taste

Then mask as desired

 

[kennysarmy]

VERY useful.
Thanks.

 

[The23rdman]

Top notch.