Digital BW, The Print

> From: peterzakos [mailto:peterzakos@...]
>
> Now I am confused.  I apply the final the final unsharp mask filter
> just before printing, i.e. AFTER downsampling the image file.
> However in the recent "computing power" posting John advises to do
> it before downsamling.  Was I doing it wrong all this time?  What's
> the consensus?

Why do you downsample for printing? Don't you always print the full
resolution image?

I always sharpen last, when I edit an image for printing. If I then make a
smaller version for the web, I find I need to resharpen a tad.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
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