Digital BW, The Print

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lea [mailto:lea@...]
> A list member from another group sent this sharpening number combo which
> works well to add contrast to images; I've used it a few times and found
> it to be very good.
> Amount 15%
> Radius 65
> Threshold 1
> 

Those type of settings are often referred to as
"Local Contrast Enhancement".
I use that technique to add some zing to flat looking pics as a first
step, before other editing tasks such as cropping, resizing, etc.
There is a good article on that technique at Luminous Landscape
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/contrast-enhancement.shtml

-- 
Peter Williams