2010/2/16 Tomasz Golinski <toma...@alpha.uwb.edu.pl>:
>>>> 1. Real sharpening
>>>> 2. Enhance visual acutance
>>>>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acutance
>>>> 3. Local contrast enhancement (very usefull for black & white)
>>>>
>>>> Refocus does 1, Unsharp mask does 2 and 3. I guess most people
>>>> actually want 2 and/or 3.
>
> Let me give several remarks from user's point of view. I think that
> problably (3) should be included in ufraw since it is quite easy using
> unsharp mask (my experience for 8Mpx is that 50-100 radius and 0.1-0.15
> amount in gimp units is usually enough). It also produces nice and
> "user-friendly" effects.
>
> Concerning sharpening - I almost never use sharpen on big pictures. Only
> makes noise worse. So i suppose ufraw can stay without any sharpening
> however possibility to apply slight sharpening would also be nice.

Actually this is what the threshold is for... It prevents most noise
from being enhanced... It works quite well...

Regards,
Pascal de Bruijn

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