Frankenstein wrote:Manta wrote:I'm not trying to be smart here, Frank, but I find the best sharpening tool is that metal cylinder locked on to the front of the camera body! Call me old-fashioned....
What, your camera has a bullbar???
I agree, but as digital images are inherently slightly unsharp (due to the bandpass filter or some such thing), surely some degree of sharpening is required? I know I have to apply some sharpening to the shots I want to print.
Frank
I wish it had a bullbar sometimes!
In all seriousness - there are way too many excellent photographers who know a helluva lot more about the technical side of this subject than I ever will. Obvioulsy, I'm missing out on a lot without sharpening. I have slapped myself (quite hard I might add) and will endeavour to correct my error in the future. Keep an eye out for sharpened images from Manta in the future!
Here's that post I was talking about - it wasn't bas relief, it was high pass.
(Courtesy of Killerkoala in the "Shanghai Nights" thread)
Another way to sharpen using a High-Pass technique from Luminous Lanscapes.
On the Layer palette select your Background Layer and right click. Select Duplicate Layer.
* With this new layer highlighted select Filter / Other / High Pass. Set the Radius to 10 and click OK.
* Zoom into your image to Actual Pixels level so you can better see what you're going to do next.
* Go back to the Layer Palette and select Hard Light from the left drop down.
* Now go to the Opacity Slider and select a level of sharpening that seems best to you. Usually something between 20% and 70% will be best.