Bicubic sharper is not always a good option. As noted, you have no control over the result. The high pass filter is a good choice, but only one option for sharpening, and not always the best. Since images differ in so many respects, it might be a good idea to become familiar with several sharpening methods and approaches, including selective sharpening. Are you familiar with the sharpening brush? Sharpening on layers? Both offer very fine control. Experimenting with different approaches on a variety of images will allow you to learn and know which method and technique is most appropriate for a given image.
Why are you working with PDF files? Do you mean PSD? Shel > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yeah, I usually save for web now to create jpegs. I started doing this when I > realized it left the PDF file alone and still active in the window. > > I generally use bicubic straight, unadorned, vanilla flavor, whatever. Is > sharper better? > > Actually, come to think of it, most times now I resize and then sharpen > first. Then I save for web with no resizing/sharpening at the time. (I can undo the > changes to the pdf before saving it.) I usually do my own sharpening now, > using the high pass filter option that Boris explained to me. I guess I prefer > to know how much sharpening is going on. Not sure one has any control over that > in the automatic options. > > Maybe I going through too many steps.
