Jack, I don't know if it's the correct/usual work flow, but I never sharpen in DT, because I don't know yet the destination of the image. So I save the image full size without sharpening. If am scaling the image for the web, or using all/some pixels in a large/small print, it will need a different sharpening. Later, I will use Gimp to finish the image.
ciao, -Gian On 05/09/2018 09:19, kneops wrote: > Hi Rob, > > I'm gonna watch that video! But even if this is what I need, it's not > the place for (quickly) sharpening an image. It just means there is a > flaw in the sharpening module that makes people find alternatives for > sharpening, like you did :). > > > > Op 05-09-18 om 09:05 schreef Robert William Hutton: >> I pretty much always use the equalizer for this. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzVXK4eAM5E&t=0s&list=PLmvlUro_Up1NBX7VK8UUuyWo1B468zEA0&index=16 >> >> >> tl;dr: pull up the luma spline slightly on the right hand side. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rob >> >> On 05/09/18 16:56, kneops wrote: >>> First, I'm a freelance photographer and over twenty years a user of >>> many different pieces of software for editing images on Windows, Mac >>> and Linux computers. Normal, pleasant looking sharpening was never >>> an issue, but somehow I can't get nice looking sharpening in DT. I >>> compared an image on my Linux pc in Gimp, RawTherapee, DT, Aftershot >>> Pro and Lightroom (Virtualbox), and all look good immediately, fast >>> and simple, except DT. Sometimes it does, most of the time it's just >>> not exactly right. The sharpening makes things look almost coarse, >>> especially in areas that are densily populated with small/tiny >>> details. For instance, I was editing images of horses I shot during >>> a horse market. The tails and skins don't look 'touchable', soft, >>> like hair or fur. I know tails of horses can look like a brush, but >>> in this case it was a breed of horses with soft hair. In DT they >>> look like if when going over those hairs with your hand you get your >>> skin massaged. I have played with the sliders in the sharpening >>> module for monthss, but I find it impossible to get it right. >>> >>> What are your experiences with this? And if a developer is watching >>> this, could this module perhaps get an update? I sometimes think >>> these kind of modules are so basic they just exist but never get >>> improved ;). >>> >>> By the way, I work with Nikon and Fuji cameras. >>> >>> Jack >>> ____________________________________________________________________________ >>> >>> darktable user mailing list >>> to unsubscribe send a mail to >>> darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org >>> >> ____________________________________________________________________________ >> >> darktable user mailing list >> to unsubscribe send a mail to >> darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org >> >> > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
