Digital BW, The Print

Hi Chris-

What are you scanning with? At what resolution?

Bill

on 12/5/01 12:13 PM, tzinzunzan2000 wrote:

According to my understanding, scanned images are by their nature
somewhat soft and that some degree of sharpening is usually required
and is done as a matter of course. Are you saying that at no point in
your process do you sharpen the image? Also, I acknowledge that
certain images, are just fine as soft.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Bill Morse <willym@b...>
wrote:
> Austin, I don't normally sharpen either, I just scan at the highest
> resolution I can get, then wait while the file opens in PS [g].
Sharpening
> can, however, be an expressive tool- e.g.. Martin's image in the
photo
> exchange, where the background is left soft and somewhat grainy,
while the
> stone chimney is sharp, sharp, sharp.  Somehow the combination puts
you (or
> at least me) into the scene.
> 
> Otherwise sharpening is just trying to get lo-res to look like an
8x10
> contact print- why bother!
> 
> Bill
> 
> on 12/5/01 9:46 AM, Austin Franklin wrote:
> 
> Hi Bill,
> 
> You may very well be right, since sharpening certainly can change
tonal
> values!
> 
> I do NOT sharpen, nor do I advocate it...but I do understand some
people
> believe they need it...and I am sure they really do (well, I guess
I'm sure
> they do for what they have, but I believe there is some problem in
their
> process that necessitates this...), but I'm not clear if it's their
scanner,
> camera, lense, film, developing or what...that necessitates the
need for
> sharpening.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Austin
> 
> 
> 
> 
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