Best way to sharpen an image in Photoshop CS5?
Stealthy Ninja wrote: Don't use unsharp mask, it increases noise along with the sharpening (and isn't undo-able)... use...
High-pass sharpening!
Here's a good tutorial:
nyfalls.com/article-photoshop-high-pass-sharpening.html
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effron wrote: There is no best way for all images or all users. About mid page of this link is a five part article, you should read it.........
www.cambridgeincolour.com/photo-editing-tutorials.htm
But (as far as I could see) it only talks about different ways to use unsharp mask. High pass basically works for all images (adjusting the opacity and radius to suit). The information on the link you provided is good for showing when sharpening is taken too far, but high-pass sharpening still remains superior to unsharp masking because it only sharpens the edges and not the noise. Plus it's a lot easier to get your head around.
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