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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Digital Image Processing => Topic started by: Ellis Vener on November 09, 2013, 01:18:43 pm

Title: "grain": has anyone compared...
Post by: Ellis Vener on November 09, 2013, 01:18:43 pm
 the results between Lightroom 5.3 vs Photokit Sharpener 2 vs Alien Skin exposure 5?
Title: Re: "grain": has anyone compared...
Post by: PhotoEcosse on November 09, 2013, 03:56:16 pm
Can't compare those you mention, Ellis, as I have no experience of the latter two.

But what I do find is that I am increasingly using the Lightroom radial grad tool to apply sharpening (and sometimes clarity and sharpening) to selected areas of a photograph. It works well in so far as it provides a "seamless" way of sharpening parts of an image without adding noise where it is not wanted.
Title: Re: "grain": has anyone compared...
Post by: Ellis Vener on November 09, 2013, 05:31:41 pm
using the radial grid sharpening and Clarity  brushes is roughly equivalent to using two of PhotoKit Sharpener 2.0's Creative Sharpening tools.