Here are some hints for focus fixer:
http://www.ephotozine.com/equipment/buyersguide/fullbuyersguide.cfm?buye
rsguideid=39

OR an alternative product:
http://luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/focalblade.shtml

Or try the free Vtie Sharp Control:
http://www.applied-maths.com/paul/SharpControl.zip - many rate this as
one of the best!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Butch Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 24 October 2003 17:06
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Unsharp Mask
> 
> 
> I ran it today for the first time and I must say I'm baffled
> regarding the results. I ran it on an un-edited low 
> compression 4Mp jpeg and regardless of the settings it seems 
> to totally butcher the image. The threshold at any point 
> other than 100 creates nasty gray posterized areas across 
> highlights and even with deblur set to 0.1 high contrast 
> edges acquire a nasty dark edge.  Any hints?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Rob Studdert
> 
> I find it works better with larger images. Try a starting
> point of deblur of 1.5-2.5 threshold between 2-10. I have 
> started sharpening a duplicate layer then decreasing the 
> opacity to 50-75% then flattening as sometimes the effect is 
> too strong for my taste. Having said that I like the effect 
> better then straight USM. One other thing is that is does 
> seem a bit more touchy with B&W images.
> 
> Butch
> 
> Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself.
> 
> Hermann Hesse (Demian)
> 
> 
> 

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