Filmscanners mailing list archive (filmscanners@halftone.co.uk)
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: filmscanners: NikSharpener Pro
Hi Les, I looked but couldn't find it. Where on Katrin's web site did you
find it. Regards Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Les Berkley" <wogears@fast.net>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 12:24 PM
Subject: 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
>
|
