Digital BW, The Print

For those of you working in Windows there is a great sharpening 
program by the name of Focal Blade  
http://www.thepluginsite.com/products/photowiz/focalblade/index.htm

There is a good review on Luminous-Landscape.com. It is considered by 
this site to be one of the two best, PhotoKit Sharpener being the 
other.

John H


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale 
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> 
> Photokit Sharperner Pro works in 16bit.  The issue with a 
sharpening kit
> that doesn't work in 16 bit is that you have to convert to 8 bit to 
do your
> capture sharpening - before your colour/image adjustments and 
resizing to
> print size.  Clearly not a satisfactory situation.
> 
> > From: Bill Cheadle <wpcheadle@i...>
> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 09:01:18 -0500
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re: NIK SHARPENER, or Fred 
Miranda???!!!!!
> > 
> > 
> >> Is this serious?  I use Nik on Grayscale files all the time 
without a
> >> problem.  My only bitch is that you have to convert to 8 bit 
first.
> > 
> >> Steve
> > 
> > 
> > For those printing with QTR your going to convert to 8 bit 
anyway. If not,
> > the printer driver will convert to 8 bit for you. So, other than 
having to
> > manually convert to use NIK, and maintain a separate file, the 
outcome is
> > the same.
> > 
> > I use FM, NIK and sometimes PS CS USM, and sometimes a combo. 
They all have
> > their place depending on the image and what you're doing with it.
> > 
> > BTW, at a recent seminal I attended, I aske the NIK rep about 16 
bit. He
> > didn't give me a time frame, but did indicate that 16 bit was on 
their list
> > for a future upgrade.
> >