Sharpening in Photoshop
In Scott Kelby's book, I read about and used frequently the unsharp filter to sharpen photos. Scott recommends the following general settings (and you have to play with them to see what works for the photo you are sharpening):
| Subject | Amt | Radius | Threshold |
|---|---|---|---|
| People | 150% | 1 | 10 |
| Cityscapes/Travel | 65% | 3 | 2 |
| General | 85 | 1 | 4 |
Today, Julian told me about his ex-coworker Pius' adventures and site. Pius has been traveling for the past 6 years and became quite an awesome photographer. Traveling and shooting photos, what a life! So jealous! Anyways, checkout his site Daily Travel Photo. Beautiful shots.
From Pius' site, I came across Photoshop tutorials by Mark Johnson and watched the video on sharpening. Although not as simple as the straight forward use of unsharp filter, it's a technique that's more sophisticated and can be recorded into an action to allow for easier usage. I sharpened the photo above with the High Pass method.
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