Newbie question on sharpening for printing
2005-05-27 by Scott McLoughlin
Pretty basic question, but does one generally sharpen more or less as the print size increases? Thanks! Scott
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Newbie question on sharpening for printing
Re: [Digital BW] Newbie question on sharpening for printing
2005-05-27 by Ernst Dinkla
Scott McLoughlin wrote: >Pretty basic question, but does one generally sharpen more or less as >the print size increases? > >Thanks! > >Scott > > That's the beauty of Qimage. You can select normal sharpening and smart sharpening. The last sharpens in relation to the image PPI, the printing resolution and size of the final print. On top of that is has a choice of the degree the user likes. Normal sharpening only looks for the drivers native resolution as I understand it correctly. Ernst
Re: [Digital BW] Newbie question on sharpening for printing
2005-05-27 by Scott McLoughlin
Surely there must be some general rules of thumb outside of what Qimage can do automagically, yes? BTW - what's Qimage? :-) Scott Ernst Dinkla wrote:
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> Scott McLoughlin wrote: > > >Pretty basic question, but does one generally sharpen more or less as > >the print size increases? > > > >Thanks! > > > >Scott > > > > > That's the beauty of Qimage. You can select normal sharpening and smart > sharpening. The last sharpens in relation to the image PPI, the printing > resolution and size of the final print. On top of that is has a choice > of the degree the user likes. Normal sharpening only looks for the > drivers native resolution as I understand it correctly. > > > > Ernst > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other > resources as they are often being updated. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish > to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting > this same page. > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to > keep them short. > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or > flames. Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed from > the membership without notice. > - Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital > B&W printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be > removed from the membership. > - By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules and > guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the group > Owner and Moderators. See \ufffdGroup Topic, Rules and Guidelines\ufffd in the > Files section: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/ > > BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE > PRINT YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE \ufffdOWNER\ufffd > AND \ufffdMODERATORS\ufffd OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL NOT BE > LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, > CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, > DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE > LOSSES (EVEN IF THE \ufffdOWNER\ufffd AND \ufffdMODERATORS\ufffd OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT > YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), > RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE DIGITAL BW, > THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF > YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD > PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER > MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Yahoo! Groups Links* > > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/ > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > >
Re: [Digital BW] Newbie question on sharpening for printing
2005-05-27 by Ernst Dinkla
Scott McLoughlin wrote: >Surely there must be some general rules of thumb outside of what >Qimage can do automagically, yes? > >BTW - what's Qimage? :-) > >Scott > > www.ddisoftware.com check the online manual at page 74 or near there. I doubt you can use the same algorithms to compute it on all the fingers of your hand so rules of the thumb are quite inadequate for the job. But Bruce Fraser has written on the subject and the Photokit Sharpener software is based on his method. The third stage of sharpening is what you are looking for. As that software doesn't interact with the driver it has not the sophistication of Qimage's method. There's a short explication what is needed for output sharpening in this Photokit review: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/pk-sharpener.shtml I'm happy that Qimage takes that work out of my hands. There are some articles with more details on the net. -Bruce Fraser output sharpening- in Google should get you there. Ernst