smart sharpen tool

jeff lapointjeff lapoint Registered Users Posts: 1,228 Major grins
edited May 31, 2005 in Finishing School
first post in the photoshop forum...please be gentleicon10.gif


whats the rub with the new sharpen tool? i searched the forums and had little to no luck. is it pretty much USM with options for gaussian, lens, and motion blurs? i had a comfort zone with USM, but smart sharpen seems much more powerful.

how does the amount translate between USM and smarty pants? is 104% power, radius of 1, and threshold of 4 the same between the two?

please advise...

-jeff
www.lapiz007.smugmug.com


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  • cletuscletus Registered Users Posts: 1,930 Major grins
    edited May 29, 2005
    jeff lapoint wrote:
    first post in the photoshop forum...please be gentleicon10.gif


    whats the rub with the new sharpen tool? i searched the forums and had little to no luck. is it pretty much USM with options for gaussian, lens, and motion blurs? i had a comfort zone with USM, but smart sharpen seems much more powerful.

    how does the amount translate between USM and smarty pants? is 104% power, radius of 1, and threshold of 4 the same between the two?

    please advise...

    -jeff
    Welcome to photoshop land wave.gif

    Sorry I can't be much help, I'm Photoshop-less this weekend, and even then I seem to be about the only regular around here who hasn't upgraded to CS2.

    Hang in there, I'm sure somebody will come up with an answer for you!
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited May 29, 2005
    jeff lapoint wrote:
    first post in the photoshop forum...please be gentleicon10.gif


    whats the rub with the new sharpen tool? i searched the forums and had little to no luck. is it pretty much USM with options for gaussian, lens, and motion blurs? i had a comfort zone with USM, but smart sharpen seems much more powerful.

    how does the amount translate between USM and smarty pants? is 104% power, radius of 1, and threshold of 4 the same between the two?

    please advise...

    -jeff

    I don't know, but I think so. The cool thing that I've noticed is that if you click on advanced you can adjust the highlight and shadow amounts in order to avoid haloing.
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited May 29, 2005
    You really should take a look at the tutorial that comes with CS2. Explains a bit about Smart Sharpen.
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  • jeff lapointjeff lapoint Registered Users Posts: 1,228 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2005
    thanks david! will do
    www.lapiz007.smugmug.com


  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited May 31, 2005
    If you have quicktime go to http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/tt-cs2/smart-sharpen-tutorial.html.
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