Digital BW, The Print

Mike, John,

Interesting thread, not only for negative improvement...

Just last week I was trying to do the following: copy the image, 
desaturate if applicable, set the blending mode to "soft light" and 
apply a high pass filter with large radius. My guess is that in 
effect this is the same as John's method, with the difference that 
this one is non-destructive.

I checked out Akvis Enhancer. From the limited info they give, it 
looks like something very similar. Or do they have more tricks on 
their sleve....?

Joost
 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Michael King" 
<drmrking@...> wrote:
>
> Try Akvis Enhancer, great for local contrast improvement.
> Some people suggest applying after sharpening, I apply before.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> On 13/02/07, John Moody <moodymz3@...> wrote:
> >
> >   A way to increase local contrast is to use the unsharp mask 
filter with
> > a
> > very large radius.