Comments on: True detail vs. fake sharpness

By: Mark Tiller

Mark Tiller — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:52:41 +0000

David,

Thanks for this, I can see I’ve been over sharpening my images. I can see I’m going to have to spend time learning more about this. Fortunately, being a computer programmer by trade, I only ever work with copies!

Thanks

Mark

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:45:27 +0000

I can not tell you just how timely this is! I have been troubled this last few weeks with trying to learn how to filter noise without loosing detail in my images. It appears to me that the so called grain has some of my detail as well and really do not like loosing any. I’ll have to reread your whole listing here because there are so many variables you discuss that I have run into.

One thing I have always believed is that any image made for the web is at best a compromise of the original. Taking 50mb down to 1.2mb 1024×685x72dpi is going to require many details to be managed for a best possible representation of the original. . .
Thanks,
Paul

By: Sonolta

Sonolta — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:52:29 +0000

Nice that someone is trying to shed a little light on the subject of sharpening. I get so sick of seeing artifacts and perceived “great sharpness” over at forums like DPR. Maybe a few people will back off a bit and start talking about other things that make up true image quality. Heck, a few may even learn a few proper sharpening techniques!

Happy shooting!

-Sonolta

http://www.sonolta.com