Your example has solved the problem for me. I'll save my money. After my recent tests I've decided to only use USM in CMYK. There are big advantages.
I had already dismissed Photokit because of the huge layered files it creates. I have used the sharpening technique from Deke McClelland's book Photoshop Bible but I've seen variations elsewhere. This works very well on things like textured trees against smooth sky. I think it will work well on your blurred people by not creating the artifacts you have now. These are the settings I've used on full frame 1ds.
1/ Duplicate one of the colour channels. Choose which gives best results. ie. which colour has the smooth areas darkest or lightest. Typically for blue sky its the red. Select it.
2/ > Filter > Stylise > Find edges
3/ > Image > Adjust > Invert
4/ > Filter > Noise > Median (try 2)
5/ > Filter > Other > Maximum (try 2)
6/ > Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur (try 2)
7/ Return to the colour view in channels
8/ Apple + click on the mask name.
9/ Filter > Sharpen > USM (Threshold zero)
Of course you can store actions to do this.
Bob
On Thursday, November 13, 2003, at 01:40 pm, Richard Lewisohn wrote:
I chose the output setting based on the fact that it's destined for a printed brochure.
Perhaps the resident list experts can confirm that this will print more beautifully that it appears on screen. And then I'll buy a copy and suggest that my clients do the same.
Many thanks
Richard Lewisohn
http://www.lewisohn.co.uk
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