Digital BW, The Print

I haven't seen any reason to use 3rd party tools.  I use smart sharpen for
capture sharpening, along with masking if needed.  I use high radius low
amount unsharp masking for some mid-tone contrast, perhaps with a luminosity
mask.  Smart sharpen works well for creative sharpening, especially with
masks.  And Smart sharpening works well for output sharpening, again
possibly with masks, faded to luminosity...  You can do very controlled
sharpening with Photoshop if you spend some time investigating it.


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