Re: [Gimp-user] sharpen vs. levels, curves, saturation

2007-10-10 Thread gimp_user
On Tuesday 09 October 2007 20:49:24 carol irvin wrote: in both photoshop and GIMP you do not need to do these functions as a layer adjustment (i.e. work on layers). You can use the Image menu in photoshop and make these adjustments without layers or in Gimp you can go to the Tools menu and

Re: [Gimp-user] sharpen vs. levels, curves, saturation

2007-10-10 Thread carol irvin
i use layers all the time but it is in a mixing and blending context. i also have developed the rather odd habit of saving many, many different versions on the desktop while i am doing things in either program and i generally go to layers when i'm putting those images on top of one another and

[Gimp-user] sharpen vs. levels, curves, saturation

2007-10-09 Thread carol irvin
rather than relying on sharpen to sharpen an image, i have much better luck using levels or curves. i also typically increase saturation some on images after i have done a layers or curves adjustment. i thus almost never need to use sharpen, which is good, because sharpen usually doesn't make my

Re: [Gimp-user] sharpen vs. levels, curves, saturation

2007-10-09 Thread Patrick Shanahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * carol irvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [10-09-07 23:14]: rather than relying on sharpen to sharpen an image, i have much better luck using levels or curves. i also typically increase saturation some on images after i have done a layers or curves

Re: [Gimp-user] sharpen vs. levels, curves, saturation

2007-10-09 Thread carol irvin
in both photoshop and GIMP you do not need to do these functions as a layer adjustment (i.e. work on layers). You can use the Image menu in photoshop and make these adjustments without layers or in Gimp you can go to the Tools menu and do an adjustment under colors. as long as you are saving your