Does PWP5 offer any features that are not found in PS CS5 ?
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Images - One day in SW Maine
>> OK, I downloaded PWP 5. What resizing settings do you recommend I try?
>> The default (bicubic, sharpening 16.7%) gives
>> something really mushy. Nice looking mushy, but ...
>
> Yes. That's what I normally use. However, if there are strong
> hard-edged lines which alias, I turn sharpening all the way off.
> Bicubic in PWP5 is about the best all-around one.
>
>
>> And what about sharpening? There are two choices, Sharpen and Advanced
>> Sharpen, and multiple settings in each. Got some recommended starting
>> points?
>
> Transformation-Sharpen-Sharpen. Set it at 50-65% and do it twice.
>
>
>> And how do I get a full size preview when sharpening? It's giving me half
>> size.
>
> If you right-click on the preview window it gives you zoom options.
>
> One recommendation I have for reducing images for web-display. Don't
> sharpen the image PRIOR to downsizing. In fact, blur the images if
> there are any sharp edged lines running at an angle across the image.
> If the image is too sharp prior to downsizing you'll get those
> stair-step lines. Here is an example of how downsizing with a slightly
> blurred image helps:
>
> http://zone-10.com/cmsm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=201&Itemid=1
>
> Moose, I tried duplicating the look of your web images with one of my
> files. I believe the problem you are running into is caused by USM
> applied to an image after resizing with a radius between 1 and 2
> pixels. You just want pixel-sharpening only. Also, the resizing
> operating is aliasing the details of the image. By applying a bit of a
> blur prior to the resize and then an aggressive pixel-sharpening
> afterwords it will make those leaves look about right.
>
> Finally, in regard to JPEG... Oh, that's another post.
>
> AG
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