Digital BW, The Print

mh@... wrote:

> Digital noise is not the same thing as artifacts from USM but everyone
> should be aware that too much (or improper) USMasking can make normally
> low-visibility noise more visible.

I disagree.  Yes, one can make low visibility 'noise' more visible with over sharpening, but it's much more
than that.

What you are making (by over sharpening) are 'halos' or some such artifacts around changes in tonalities.  It
is *not* 'noise', and by using the improper terminology one just confuses the issue.

Proper terminology is really important when discussing problems on a list like this.

Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC


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> > Digital 'noise' is not the same thing as the artifacts one gets from using unsharp mask, and should not be
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> > confused.  I think there is a different term to use for the USM artifacts, although I don't know what,
> > specifically, to call them, beyond 'artifact' or 'halo'.
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> > Harvey Ferdschneider
> > partner, SKID Photography, NYC
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> >


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