Do you sharpen before you print?

[toastyphoto]

When printing photos for your clients, do you sharpen them before you send them to be printed? Why or why not?

[Skrim17]

For me there is not a simple yes or no answer, it depends on what I am printing and how it came out of the camera. Some folks say all DSLR shots require sharpening, this is not a hard and fast rule I go by as I've gotten shots that really don't need any, and others that need a lot.

[tim]

Sometimes, not always.

[ssim]

Most of the time but it depends on the image.

[proimages]

In the old days lot of sharpening was needed for Kodak format slide scans..
today its a feature of RAW adjustments. All photos are a case by case situation. When I'm doing fine art prints color correction steps are planned in...
cheers
Darrin

[jra]

I usually apply some sharpening to most photos although some do not need it IMO. As far as to why, it's because I think they need it. As to the why not, it's because I think they don't need it. Pretty simple ;)

[cdifoto]

Import sharpening: yes.

Export sharpening: no.

[asysin2leads]

I'm going to go with the masses here and say, "Sometimes." It really depends on what the subject is.

[sapearl]

I will sharpen at least a portion of all photos, but not everything in an image. And this is done as the last step of processing, typically to adjustment layer for selective effect. I rarely apply this to the RAW image. In portraits, at the the very least the eyes will get it. In many of my landscapes it will typically be the foreground area or that portion of the image where I want the eye drawn.

[charro callado]

I will sharpen at least a portion of all photos

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