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Re: [Digital BW] Sharpening vs. Print size [was: Image Density vs. Print Size]

2004-04-13 by altaf bhimji

i'm pretty new to digital darkroom stuff - i havent been paying much 
attention to sharpening, but decided to do some experimenting after 
reading this thread - one thing i'm finding is that on the printed 
sharpened image i get horizontal lines especially in the darker areas 
of the photo - (nothing like that on non-sharpened image) - now, these 
lines are not visible on the sharpened image on my monitor... - so, on 
the printed image, in the darker areas, the image seems to be made up 
of these lines ...

i'm not sure i've explained the above well...

but if someone understands what i'm talking about - is there a way to 
know how much to sharpen so that these lines don't appear on the 
printed image?

thanx

Altaf

On Apr 13, 2004, at 12:35 PM, photographyworks wrote:

> If you have a great greyscale scan, sharpen with PS, if it isn´t a
> great greyscale scan, throw it away therefor you do not have to
> sharpen it. Look at Unwerth´s photographs! She never knows anything
> about photography, but what crazy prints!!!
> You know what I mean?
> Bernard from Austria
>

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