Sharpening using PS Elements7

[cf73]

Hi there,
Excuse me as I know this info was in another thread somewhere, but I couldnt find it.....
I have just installed PSE 7 and am practising the sharpening tool. I have used settings on my previous CS but for the life of me can not remember what they were..I thought that it was 100% for amount, 2.0 for radius (not sure for threshold).
My PSE 7 guide suggests 130-180%, 1.0 - 1.5 and 3-6 for radius...I had a quick try at these settings and it seemed WAY too much.

I have just uploaded this photo;

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=2536114

I will wait and see if it gets accepted, I didnt use the above settings on this one but does anyone have a base setting for Unsharp Mask that would be usefull??

Cheers
Carl

[LX-A343]

First of all, you photo in the queue shows some considerable jaggies on the belly behind the wing. I though, I give you a hint.

I use different USM settings, as for example:
50 / 0.3 / 5 (1 or more passes)
50 / 0.5 / 5 (1 or more passes)
150 / 0.3 / 5 (1 or more passes)
250 / 0.2 / 5 (1 or more passes)

As you see, I play with amount and radius, depending on the photo.

Gerardo

[wrxflyer]

Another interesting topic about sharpening!

If a photo comes quite sharp out of the camera; an amount of 50 and radius 0,4 is just enough for me (or even to much) , while I have set my treshold on 0.
But to be honest; this is all after a long time experience with my actual camera-settings, but I have no idea what radius and treshold really are ment to be

Maybe one of our experienced screeners will shine a light on this terms, as I think I am not the only one with this question?!

regards

Freek

[LX-A343]

I forgot to mention, that I don't use any sharpening when converting the photo from RAW to JPG or TIFF. My settings can't probably be used, if you use some sort of in-camera sharpening.

I set the treshold to 5 also after some experiencing. I don't want single dots to be sharpened.

I hope, I was an experienced enough screener

[cf73]

Thanks for your replies,
I will have a play around and see what things turn out like.

Cheers
Carl