Digital BW, The Print

On Sep 7, 2013, at 12:21 AM, paulkohl@... wrote:

> My question: do you use the Raw Presharpening tool as well as the output sharpening? I remember Bruce Fraser saying that sharpening should always be done in two steps. Thanks for any advice.
> 
The sharpening in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom is based on Bruce's work (Adobe hired Bruce and Jeff Schewe to consult). The basis is that when you capture an image, the process blurs the image slightly so capture sharpening works to overcome the effects. Then, when you print out an image, the printing process once again blurs the image so output sharpening (also in Lightroom from the same consult) works to overcome the effects. In between the two sharpenings, you have creative sharpening where you can apply it to make areas of your image sharper.

If you don't use Lightroom and don't want to roll your own methods, you can also get sharpening through Nik Sharpener Pro or PixelGenius' PhotoKit Sharpener (Bruce was part of the group till his death and Jeff and others are carrying on).

Jim