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Re: filmscanners: NikSharpener Pro
On 9/9/01 9:35 PM, "Brian D. Plikaytis" <bdplikaytis@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Tom,
> I find your comments intriguing. Could I ask a few questions? I find
> that when I sharpen using Photoshop tools, there is oftentimes an artificial
> dark or light line (sharpening artifact) that appears at the juxtaposition
> or boundary of a dark and light area. This causes me to spend a good deal of
> time cleaning these things up. Does this this sharpening plugin eliminate
> this problem? If it does I would say the price was worth it. I would be most
> interested in your observations on this.
>
> thanks,
>
> Brian
Hi!
I'm sure the legendary Johnny Deadperson will weigh in on this, but I find
Nik Sharpener utterly useless-- it ALWAYS oversharpens, no matter what
settings I use. I can do a better job with careful settings on PS's USM
tool, sharpening individual channels, etc. The BEST way is to use one of the
PS Actions that creates a custom edge mask for you image before you apply
USM. I forget the URL for Johnny's versions, but there is also a very good
one from Katrin Eismann at www.digitalretouch.org.
Les
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