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Sharpening for print and on screen ?
harjtt
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Hi Guys and Gals,
So, how much sharpening do you need to apply to an image (specifically a portrait or fashion/beauty shot) for the print to look sharp and not soft ? I know this is one of those "How long is a string questions" but its been bugging me quiet badly lately, esp after retouching a headshot that looked just fine on screen sharpness-wise but it was soft as anything when printed out as an 8 x 10. I don;t go over the tope when sharpening - just 40% and rad 1 within LR3 and thats usually just it unless the pic needs a bit ore retouching then I apply the sharepning in CS. Any tips and pointers to this would be just great!
Cheers Harj
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So, how much sharpening do you need to apply to an image (specifically a portrait or fashion/beauty shot) for the print to look sharp and not soft ? I know this is one of those "How long is a string questions" but its been bugging me quiet badly lately, esp after retouching a headshot that looked just fine on screen sharpness-wise but it was soft as anything when printed out as an 8 x 10. I don;t go over the tope when sharpening - just 40% and rad 1 within LR3 and thats usually just it unless the pic needs a bit ore retouching then I apply the sharepning in CS. Any tips and pointers to this would be just great!
Cheers Harj
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FWIW, this old article was the design concepts used in Lightroom for capture (in Develop) and output (in Print) modules.
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