Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am using sharpening less and less (I don't mean is often don't use it, but I use it with very "weak" settings. It tends to sharpen my grain(!) when I don't want it to, and it wreaks havok with faces older than Britney Spears'. If anyone viewing the finished says "It looks oversharpened", its time to start backing off. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jesse Hellman Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 5:33 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] IMG: Sharpening Hi, as a total newbie to digital I scanned a lot of my prints and put them up as galleries without sharpening them. I just thought that the softness you saw was a necessary part of scanning. Mark Rabiner enlightened me (thanks as usual, Mark). Sharpening makes a big difference on most of the pictures. They were photographed with a Leica, not a Holga. So, I just sharpened (unsharp masked) all the pictures on my Transformations (Backstage at the Peabody Opera) gallery <http:// gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jesse+Hellman/> as well as the Mikado pictures in the Opera section. I'll try to get to the Spoleto pictures soon. And I understand you sharpen pictures when you print them, too. Any feedback will be helpful. Jesse _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information