PS and Blur

[Pehpsi]

G'day,

I have a few shots i'm about to trash because they're slightly blured and look a crappy at full size, is there a tool in Photoshop that can save these shots?

Cheers.

[Yi-P]

Smart sharpen is only filter i can think of from photoshop to fix this slight blur issue.

[Pehpsi]

Thanks mate i'll give it a crack.

[Kyle]

Keep the rejects man...

got a sample of the blur you speak of?

[Matt. K]

Images that are blurred are fataly flawed, unless the blur is a vital element of the construction of the image.

[Pehpsi]

An example shot could be this one, though there are worse ones i'm not going to bother with:

Not sure if it's shake or my panning speed.

The shot at smaller size



100% size screenshot

[Marvin]

There is a program called focus magic that is supposed to get rid of blur. I'm not sure that it actually could work as I don't know how it is possible, but I guess it's worth a try.

http://www.focusmagic.com/

[Pehpsi]

Looks interesting, might test it out and see how it works exactly..

[bwhinnen]

That would be a throw away for me. I've used a lot of different filters in PS that are supposed to help but none really makes up for the lack of sharp focus.

[xorl]

I wouldn't necessarily throw away a photo if it looked a bit unsharp at 100%. Try printing a 6x4" - you might find that the blur isn't noticeable.

Film is usually judged at the final print size, or with the slide/neg and a little magnification. With digital people crank up the magnification and often get overly critical. The question should be "Does the final image/print work?", not "Is the image sharp at 100% magnification?".

With the posted image, I think that the sharpness will probably be ok at smaller print sizes. However, the placement of the car with no room in front makes it feel unbalanced.

[Pehpsi]

Thanks guys. I think i'll keep the duds somewhere for a bit longer. But in the end i guess it's gota be done right in the first place.

Maybe i should try a tripod and see if my keeper rate gets better..

[Pehpsi]

There's a guy that want's to buy some pics from me. If he just wants them through email and not printed, should i send him the full size pics to check out first? I'd like to let people buying have a look and see what they're getting, but how do i know they wont keep the files, then say 'we don't really want them anymore' ?

how do you guys do it?

[bwhinnen]

Let me clarify throw away. It goes into my originals bin (which is a copy of all photos taken and archived). If by some magic something comes out that will allow me to sharpen them enough for a print, then great.

As to sending out photos, resize them to 800px on the longest side, 72DPI level 7 or 8 from PS, converted to sRGB. This will give a decent view but will restrict how they can print them. Also watermark them all. Let them know that the watermark will not be in any images they purchase. All our images on the website have a watermark that will be there even if they link or download them. And that is what I do when I send them as well.

Cheers
Brett

[Pehpsi]

Thanks, some helpful advice there