Digital BW, The Print

Diane  thanks for your reply I was under the impression that I was going to
be doing a lot more masking than I did in photo kit alone. A more precise
question would be how  and when to use these two together at the beginning
of the work flow. Which one to use first and how to combine neat with the
capture sharpen. I teach digital photo classes and have a good idea about a
work flow for digital camera files. I am looking specifically for advise on
how to use these two with color and black white scans- medium format and
4x5. 
* Do you sharpen before PK?
* Do you turn down smoothing in PK?
* How do you sharpen after PK and Neat?

BTW I have printed out the Neat Target as well as making targets from
patches of sky. Seems to be working well. But there is a bit of edge
smoothing that I feel is hindering the sharpening that I was able to obtain
before. Lot of  question but I am really interested in both of these
programs.

Thanks

Steve

> Steve, I use PK Sharpener but rarely use Neat Image any longer so can't give
> you any helpful tips I don't think (I shoot digitally in RAW and find that
> with higher ISOs and lower noise I do quite a bit less noise removal).  I
> would think that perhaps you might like to use masking/layers with NI so that
> you only use it for selected areas.  Then, of course, using PK Sharpener,
> particularly with luminosity choices, it will also not 'choose' skies and the
> like to sharpen.  You also can use masking in the sharpening layers--or choose
> the sharpening brush to just apply sharpening where needed.  Don't know if
> that helps, but its how I do it--when I use NI. (I use masking/layers a great
> deal).
> 
> If you aren't sure what I mean, I'll be glad to discuss off list.
> 
> Diane
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> Diane B. Fields
> picnic@...
> photo site  http://www.pbase.com/picnic
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Steve Smith
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>   Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 11:51 AM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Off topic: photokit and neat image.
> 
> 
>   I have been trying to find suggestion and or a workflow for using photokit
>   sharpener and Neat Image noise reduction togather. I print color and black
>   and white and would love to hear any suggestions.
> 
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>   Steve Smith
>   photosmith@...
>   401-453-1596 
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Steve Smith
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