Re: filmscanners: smart sharpening tutorial

[Michael Stephens <mike1964@flash.net>]

Johnny:

For those of us who are novices (with scanning and photoshop in particular)
can you explain the difference between the smart sharpening technique and
the previously documented High Pass sharpening?

Mike

> From: Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
> Reply-To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 10:08:48 -0400
> To: <digitalsilver@topica.com>,
> "DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com"<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@ya
> hoogroups.com>, "piezography3000@yahoogroups.com"
> <piezography3000@yahoogroups.com>, Filmscanners <Filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>,
> BigNeg <bigneg@topica.com>
> Subject: filmscanners: smart sharpening tutorial
> 
> Anyone scanning negs may be interested in a 'smart sharpening' tutorial I
> wrote which shows how it is possible to sharpen aggressively without
> introducing noticeable artefacts. The tutorial includes a downloadable
> Photoshop action.
> 
> The approach taken is similar to the one I use in the 'Deadman's Custom
> Sharpen' action which some folks have been using for a while now. If you've
> been using that action, this tutorial explains exactly how it works.
> 
> the url is
> 
> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/smart_sharp.htm
> 
> the process looks complex at first but is quite simple once you understand
> it.
> 
> -- 
> John Brownlow
> 
> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
>