BTW, recently some of our fellows pointed me to the Bruce Fraser's article on creativepro.com taking the approach of two-step sharpening. I assume some of more knowledgeable PS users here are more or less familiar with this technique so will probably be able to clarify something for me.
Basically, I liked that way separating the sharpness for archival and outputting purposes allowing to preserve maximum of original sharpness though just enough touch of unsharp mask to bring back the sharpness lost in the process of scanning. What I missed is the last point of this process: using Selection menu to select the Edge Mask created in the duplicated image copy to apply it to the original image. I found impossible to do Load Selection into the original image window without making Save Selection (choosing All option) prior to that (in Edge Mask image window). The Save Selection step it missing in his instructions, perhaps because it might seem obvious to slightly more experienced PS user then me. I would appreciate if someone here could clarify this point for me. The link to the article is: http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/12189.html Regards, Alex Z -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anthony Atkielski Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 6:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] Re: PS sharpening Alex writes: > I have my monitor usually set to 1280x1024, > but as I infer from your explanations this > cannot be considered as common practice, so > the target is under 800x600. Last time I looked at numbers, just under half of all Web surfers are using 800x600; about 4 out of 5 of the remaining surfers are using 1024x768. Only about one surfer in 50 is still set to 640x480. In fact, 1280x1024 and 1152x864 are both more common than 640x480. > However, in terms of colors my graphics > card/monitor combo works with 32 bit > color definitions. Now, if I indeed need 24 > bit color, how to tell Photoshop to convert it > from 32 down to 24 ? No need; 24-bit and 32-bit color are equivalent. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body