Rob, By two step, I meant pretty much what you appear to be doing - A small amount of sharpening initially, regardless of final image size, and a final sharpening based on the printed size.
Kenneth Waller -----Original Message----- From: Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT Sharpening for D-Lab 2 Prints On 30 Nov 2004 at 19:54, Kenneth Waller wrote: > Rob, > not sure what D-Lab 2 is but I've lately been doing a two step sharpening > with unsharp mask, (an initial sharpening when I set white point/black point > and > a final sharpening when I set the final print size.) more or less following > the > same procedure laid out at http://www.naturescapes.net/122004/tg1204.htm and > the > results are better than I've achieved in several years of printing with my > Epsons using a one step sharpening. Hi Kenneth, The d-lab.2 is an Agfa digital mini-lab capable of producing up to 12x18" prints on regular photographic paper from digital image files. http://www.agfa.co.uk/minilab/minilab_info.html Thanks for posting the link, it's a decent artical but I'm not sure what you mean by two step? In my full digital workflow I'm currently sharpening the image in the RAW convertor for the best compromise between edge artifacts and edge contrast and minimising bloom artifacts, which varies considerably between images. Then once in PS I do a very acute sharpen using a USM action which has a very small radius. I'm pretty happy at this point however I feel that there is likely an optimum degree of sharpening for any output resolution using this particular printer. So that was really the basis for my query. Cheers ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com
