Comments on: Smart Sharpen http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/ Photoshop Tips and Tutorials Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:24:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: michael http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-25252 michael Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:16:04 +0000 http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-25252 Thanks for the help! I just discovered how much of a difference sharpening can make. Thanks for the help! I just discovered how much of a difference sharpening can make.

]]> By: Bruce http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-25208 Bruce Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:22:55 +0000 http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-25208 Thanks Khurrum, I was completely mystified by the apparently backward behavior of the advanced controls and by the fact that Adobe couldn't be bothered to document them. BTW, the advanced controls do not appear to turn off if you click Basic and they keep their settings until you change them even if you close and reopen the filter dialog. To turn them off you have to set either the Fade Amount or Tonal Width (or both) sliders to zero. I haven't proven it yet, but I think the Tonal Width windows are anchored at one tonal extreme and can extend all the way to the other. So, if you wanted to sharpen only the upper (brightest) 30% of the tonal range, you would set the Highlight controls to zero and on the Shadow tab you'd set the Tonal range to 70% and the Fade Amount to 100%. Unless I'm wrong :-( Thanks Khurrum,

I was completely mystified by the apparently backward behavior of the advanced controls and by the fact that Adobe couldn’t be bothered to document them.

BTW, the advanced controls do not appear to turn off if you click Basic and they keep their settings until you change them even if you close and reopen the filter dialog. To turn them off you have to set either the Fade Amount or Tonal Width (or both) sliders to zero.

I haven’t proven it yet, but I think the Tonal Width windows are anchored at one tonal extreme and can extend all the way to the other. So, if you wanted to sharpen only the upper (brightest) 30% of the tonal range, you would set the Highlight controls to zero and on the Shadow tab you’d set the Tonal range to 70% and the Fade Amount to 100%.

Unless I’m wrong :-(

]]> By: Shaun Krisher http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-24816 Shaun Krisher Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:05:04 +0000 http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-24816 Wow! What a great, detailed write-up! I am definitely going to give smart sharpen a spin. I read about it in Real World Image Sharpening by Bruce Fraser, but this is a great run through with great examples. thanks! Hey, I write a blog for new photographers here: shaunkrisher.wordpress.com I daresay that it is the MOST IMPORTANT BLOG ON THE WHOLE INTERNET. Wow! What a great, detailed write-up! I am definitely going to give smart sharpen a spin. I read about it in Real World Image Sharpening by Bruce Fraser, but this is a great run through with great examples. thanks!

Hey, I write a blog for new photographers here: shaunkrisher.wordpress.com

I daresay that it is the MOST IMPORTANT BLOG ON THE WHOLE INTERNET.

]]> By: o2 http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-24701 o2 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:45:17 +0000 http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-24701 Hi, GREAT tutorial, was looking for something like this for a while now. The ads on this site is minimal! I've been to sites where you can barely make out which is tutorial content and which is ads. Great site. Hi,

GREAT tutorial, was looking for something like this for a while now.
The ads on this site is minimal! I’ve been to sites where you can barely make out which is tutorial content and which is ads.

Great site.

]]> By: Customized Design Solutions http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-18319 Customized Design Solutions Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:11:52 +0000 http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-18319 <strong>Customized Design Solutions...</strong> I couldn't understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting... Customized Design Solutions…

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…

]]> By: Creativemakers http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-17161 Creativemakers Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:39:29 +0000 http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-17161 Thank u for ur tips Thank u for ur tips

]]> By: 10 Photoshop Tutorials to take your Photography from Good to Great http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-16718 10 Photoshop Tutorials to take your Photography from Good to Great Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:28:13 +0000 http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-16718 [...] Sharpen your images with intelligence, and learn how to use the Smart Sharpen filter. Create crisper images, both on screen, and in print. [...] [...] Sharpen your images with intelligence, and learn how to use the Smart Sharpen filter. Create crisper images, both on screen, and in print. [...]

]]> By: Skylar http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-15726 Skylar Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:05:55 +0000 http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-15726 So, those are the ads? I didn't even notice them. Anyways, awesome tutorial. I now have something to do today. So, those are the ads? I didn’t even notice them. Anyways, awesome tutorial. I now have something to do today.

]]> By: Khurrum http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-15470 Khurrum Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:41:20 +0000 http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-15470 Thank you dean :) I'm glad you found it useful. The ads are on the top, bottom and to the side of the tutorial :) Thank you dean :) I’m glad you found it useful.

The ads are on the top, bottom and to the side of the tutorial :)

]]> By: dean http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-15469 dean Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:23:22 +0000 http://photoshoptips.net/2006/03/09/smart-sharpen/#comment-15469 nice tutorial. thanks for taking the time to right it. truthfully i never noticed any add while reading. nice tutorial. thanks for taking the time to right it.

truthfully i never noticed any add while reading.

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