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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: etrump on July 30, 2007, 12:29:49 am

Title: High Resolution Sharpening Techniques?
Post by: etrump on July 30, 2007, 12:29:49 am

I have gotten pretty sophisticated with sharping on the 10 and 12 MP images from my canon gear to get really good prints up to 36".  

Now that I have upgraded to a P30 the 31MP images are already pretty sharp.  

Do you use any special sharpening techniques for the higher resolution DB files?

Title: High Resolution Sharpening Techniques?
Post by: michaelnotar on July 30, 2007, 02:49:32 am

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I have gotten pretty sophisticated with sharping on the 10 and 12 MP images from my canon gear to get really good prints up to 36". 

Now that I have upgraded to a P30 the 31MP images are already pretty sharp. 

Do you use any special sharpening techniques for the higher resolution DB files?
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i usually apply a light focus at 20% on the small/fine setting in C1 pro or dont use it at all.
if its in good focus, i would run USM in PS at about 100-200%, .3 radius, 0 threshold.

compare it to what my 8MP files go through: USM 25/.7/0, USM 200-300/.3/0


all those settings are for when you output on photographic paper, not injet printing.

Title: High Resolution Sharpening Techniques?
Post by: etrump on July 30, 2007, 09:54:17 am

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

Your low res sharpening is almost the same as mine except I do an edge mask to contact a little stronger output sharpening.