In a message dated 5/26/2005 11:31:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are many different ways to sharpen in PS. Some work better than others depending on the image. You might want to consider learning a few different techniques. The biggest mistake most people make is that they sharpen directly on the image. At a minimum it's best to sharpen on a duplicate layer using Luminosity, or convert to Lab mode and then sharpen on the "Lightness" channel (which is essentially the Luminosity of the image). Apart from not damaging the original copy of the image, you can adjust the degree of sharpness more than you can just by using USM on the background, or original, image, by using the opacity slider or by double clicking on the thumbnail and using custom blending to work on the relationship between the background layer and the top layer.
Shel ======= Thanks. Still haven't worked all the way through my PS 7 book. BTW, no comment on the photo, itself??? <sseg> (sneaky s***-eating grin) Marnie aka Doe
