Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Paul Roark <roark.paul@...> wrote:
>
> >...Fraser suggests that all digital images regardless of source will need
> at least a 50% "dose" in ACR as a first step - better digital capture may
> alter this in the future ...
> 
> I quickly learned with the Leica M9 to do NO sharpening in ACR.  If you
> have a sensor with no diffusion filter, beware of any global sharpening.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>Good point - an M9 may be in your present, for many of us it is still in the future - and per Fraser and Schewe in Real World Sharpening ACR is still a good place to start- and 50% is a good starting point- and I emphasize starting point - an adjustment can go either way from there (and should) While RWS might be a little dated at this point its still an excellent resource. The operative here was and still is, that the majority of digital images from most capture devices will need sharpening in their workflow, More to the point is that a fully realized BW print depends upon a well informed sharpening workflow - one size will not fit all, and one will need to learn to get beyond presets and "canned workflows" to do it correctly