Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The effects of unsharp masking are dependent on the resolution of the image - the 'radius' setting is a discrete number of pixels - so any USM should be applied only after resizing the image to it's final dimensions. Try it out! Gilbert On Sunday, October 27, 2002, at 09:29 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Why is that? To me it makes intuitive sense to do all the manipulation > (including unsharp masking) on the big, 16-bit image, rather than on > the downsized version. Maybe there is a good reason, I am curious to > hear it. > > Nathan > > J. Gilbert Plantinga wrote: >> Actually, I find that it's almost always a good idea to do some >> unsharp masking (~ 85%, 0.4, 0) after resizing but before saving >> it as a jpeg (File/Save for Web... is the best route because it >> optimizes and shows a preview). I do NOT sharpen the original >> photoshop file before resizing. >> Gilbert >> On Sunday, October 27, 2002, at 01:20 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >>> They key is that the initial scan and all subsequent Photoshop work >>> is carried out at the highest resolution; the reduction to web size >>> comes only after all that has been done. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html