I Declare War To Bug'in-ugly-jaggies

[uy707]

Hi all
Thanks for your time in reading this one
Some are pestered by ants when on picnic while jaggies look poised to do the same to me Question are :
-how the eraser gets activited.
-is a key such as ALT or CTRL must be pressed.
-pressing another key when moving the eraser across the calc.
Thanks a lot in advance for your answers and TIPS !

Alain

[jid]

Quite simple ...

Either create a duplicate layer - apply sharpening to the point where jaggies appear. CTRL Z to remove your last path of sharpening to make the jaggies disappear. Merge your layers then create another duplicate layer, sharpen, select your rubber and rub out the jaggies. Repeat the process until all the image is sharp.

OR

Create a duplicate layer - Apply a lot of sharpening - Mask the layer - select your rubber - set opacity to 25% and rub out the parts you want to sharpen - more rubbing means more of the sharpened layer will be revealed.

Jid

[SammyG]

Yes.

Very simple.

(Run that by me again, like I'm a 4 year old.)

[Simpleboy]

Ok, Using Photoshop CS2 here is how i sharpen. You need the layers window for this.

Standard editing for everything else, when i want to sharpen I.
Hit ctrl j, this creates a duplicate layer.
Sharpen, usually till the softest part is sharp, then one more hit of USM on something lighter, .2, 200% 0 is what i use or so.
In the layers window, the third icon from the left is a grey rectangle with a clear circle in it, hold ALT and hit this. All sharpening will disappearand you create a mask over the layer.
Using the brush tool, set the size to whatever you want, i find 50-80 works well, and an opacity of 20-40%, you then rub in the areas you want sharpened. This is why the image can be oversharpened, because you dont need to bring it all through.
Then hit ctrl e to merge the layers.


I find that easy to do, and you can apply different amounts of sharpening to different parts of the subject.

[wwshack]

Try this tutorial on Selective Sharpening.
http://www.ophrysphotography.co.uk/p...sharpening.htm

[uy707]

Thanks greatly for your info which I will "test fly" during the week-end.
Alain

[thecloudbuster]

I too had either soft or jagged images but I have found better success by converting my RAW image to a TIFF for processing, and resizing as a TIFF before final sharpening.

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