Why have the sharpening defaults been changed in Adobe Lightroom from when the default amount was 25? I adjust my sharpening to fit the needs of my landscape images but was just curious.
Speculating that LR changed the default sharpening for the same reason they changed the default color profile: to give the default development more pop and sizzle. IMHO, both changes are a step backwards, and will encourage the already steamroller-like trend towards super sharp, super chromatic images.
https://blog.kasson.com/the-last-word/power-tools-are-dangerous/jim
I think they may have changed due to the newer Process Versions? But doesn't really matter as rdonson has pointed out, if you don't like a default, alter it.
I thought 25 was too much.
I'm confused. I am using LR Classic 8.3.1, the latest release, and the sharpening defaults are Amount: 25, Radius: 1.0, Detail: 25. Seems unchanged to me. What gives?
It may be camera -dependent. I'm seeing it with the Nikon Zx and Fuji GFX 50x.
For me it enables me to skip a step.I always use the sharpening mask.If you attempt to use the masking with sharpening at 0 nothing happens. You have to go up and move the sharpening off of 0, a pain.Now that it is set at a setting above 0 I can option/command and move the masking where I want it and then set the amount.All good.