Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Not really OT: PS Unsharp Masking...
From: "Rob Appleby" <rob@robertappleby.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 00:58:55 +0100

>>>
> "Threshold"    always at zero. Only suckers play with this parameter says
> Deke McClelland in the Photoshop Bible.

Sure zero is fine if you want every pixel to be separated from the next like
a grainy neg. In some cases it's needed and can give you that look, I find
in most it is not. If you want to keep your low contrast areas looking
smooth and not spotty the 3-5 range will almost always look better. Play
around with it and use what looks good to you...
- - --
John
Chicago, IL
>>>

I've been getting good results in the 3-5 range which I decided to play
about with due to exactly the problems John mentioned. An edge should be
well separated tone-wise from its background, right? My slides are mainly
very low light=wide open aperture=lots of OOF areas which I don't want to
look like weetabix. This is a quick fix however. The better option is
probably John Brownlow's bodacious smart sharp, which needs quite a bit of
manual tweaking though, IMO.

Anyone who knows me well will tell you I'm a sucker though. Oh yes.

- -- Rob

http://www.robertappleby.com
Mobile (Italy) 348 336 7990

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