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A few weeks ago you may remember I wrote this quickie on high pass sharpening and it got me thinking if there were any other ways of sharpening.

I started tinkering with USM again after reading one of Scott Kelby's books and as such I have now written some actions to use on various types of pictures, by writing the actions it saves a lot of time when processing shots and it makes it easier and less time consuming...
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I think this might be why my photoshop sharpening doesnt seem to be working at the lower settings like I used to use.

I think it gets applied a bit in Lightroom. I did try to set the Lightroom one at 0 but read a tutorial and apparently the Lightroom sharpening isnt for output (ie printing) and is done at importing time.

New stuff to get this full up head round now!! :D

Colin, at the end, when you go the the edit, fade unsharp mask, and choose luminosity mode.... what do you drag it down to then?
 
I just left it as it was at 100% as it seemed to work just fine at that setting. It seemed to give the 'right' amount of sharpening without appearing too harsh.

Some of the other settings are very subtle and will need further experimentation.
 
Thank you for sharing these.
 
Thank you for sharing.

I have taken a lot of shots but only last week started playing with PS so this will come in handy and hopefully improve the output before I print then.
 
Thanks for sharing - I'l look forward to giving this a go tonight!
 
Kelby training have done a really good video tutorial just on sharpening and the different methods.

KelbyTraining.com - Matt Kloskowski - Tack Sharp - Sharpening in Photoshop and Lightroom
 
Got any sharpening tips for Pink Snakes Colin :D Useful info though :thumbs:
 
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A few weeks ago you may remember I wrote this quickie on high pass sharpening and it got me thinking if there were any other ways of sharpening.

I started tinkering with USM again after reading one of Scott Kelby's books and as such I have now written some actions to use on various types of pictures, by writing the actions it saves a lot of time when processing shots and it makes it easier and less time consuming when experimenting.

For the following images go to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp mask and apply the following settings:

Portraits
Amount 75%
Radius 2
Threshold 3

Moderate sharpening (good for buildings)
A 225%
R 0.5%
T 0

Maximum sharpening (good for images with well defined edges
A 65%
R 4
T 3

All purpose
A 85%
R1
T4

Web sharpening (do this before resizing :D )
A 400%
R0.3
T0

These settings are not set in stone and it will pay to experiment but having these to hand as actions will significantly increase your workflow speed.

I also came across another method called Luminosity Sharpening, so called because it only applied to the luminosity of the image (the details areas) and not the colour.

This steps for Luminosity Sharpening are:

Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp mask - Amount 120%, Radius 1.0, Threshold 3, click OK.

Go to Edit > Fade Unsharp Mask and from the Mode drop down menu choose Luminosity.
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