On 11/1/06, Emily L. Ferguson <elf@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Interesting about trying to standardize on sharpening settings. Using that premise it seems to me that one must expect all ones captures to be tack sharp before processing? I aim to not have to apply any sharpening as a start. If I'm so attached to an image that I can't accept that it's not sharp enough, then I grit my teeth and apply sharpening - as little as I can get away with. The last time I sharpened, the radius was .08 and the threshold was as low as Unsharp Mask permitted. Now, it's quite clear that jpegs for web use do require sharpening. For that at least 50% works fine. But to me every image is a unique situation. Percentage just can't be standardized in my view.
My position is that every digital image requires sharpening before use, at some stage -- maybe just in camera or in the scanner software. I very much agree that for anything beyond proofs and snapshots, you need to look at individual images and make choices. Still, seeing the starting points people think of as "normal' for different kinds (print of various sizes, web) of images is very interesting. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
