Digital BW, The Print

Hi,

I do NOT EVER sharpen any of my images at any point, not does my scanner
sharpen at all.  I do not have soft images either.

Austin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tzinzunzan2000 [mailto:ldmr@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 12:14 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] 16-bit Scanning: Why?
>
>
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
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