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Jon Borcik
10th of November 2003 (Mon), 23:03
Okay... I have been looking at a few PS 7.0 plug-ins - I have my eye on two in particular (FocalBlade/ColorWasher) and (Nik Sharpener).

Does any one have any experience with either (ease of use and sharpening effectiveness?) or any other recommendations?

Thanks
CyberDyneSystems
10th of November 2003 (Mon), 23:54
I just use photoshops built in Unsharp mask tool.... works a charm.
openspace
11th of November 2003 (Tue), 02:55
Fred Miranda's Intellisharpen - www.fredmiranda.com.
KarlJones
11th of November 2003 (Tue), 03:12
Depends on what I'm doing, but usually just USM in PS. Sometimes I prefer to use the high pass filter sharpening if there is noise to contend with.
tony4563
11th of November 2003 (Tue), 03:32
I use a free plug in for Adobe Photoshop 7 called Ultra-Sharpen Lite 6.01. It automatically sharpens just the right amount without going over the top. Very easy to use and good results just from a couple of mouse clicks. Do a search on Google and try it!
slejhamer
11th of November 2003 (Tue), 05:12
Haven't tried this yet, but PhotoKit Sharpener is getting rave reviews: http://luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/pk-sharpener.shtml

(Personally I just use USM at a very low radius, 0.3 to 0.5, then adjust amount and threshold as required.)
jwkramer
11th of November 2003 (Tue), 09:37
Jon Borcik wrote:
Okay... I have been looking at a few PS 7.0 plug-ins - I have my eye on two in particular (FocalBlade/ColorWasher) and (Nik Sharpener).

Does any one have any experience with either (ease of use and sharpening effectiveness?) or any other recommendations?

Thanks

I use Nik Sharpener (for about 2 years now), and I absolutely *LOVE* it. I think it beats USM hands down - especially for printing. I have a few plug-ins that I would never give up - and NIK is definitely one of them!

-Jim
karusel
11th of November 2003 (Tue), 09:55
Kai power tools 6 -> KPT Equalizer tool

it makes image look sharp and contrasty. First, you have your image you wanna sharpen, you say, hmmmm I think this could use a little sharpening maybe... then you apply KPT equalizer, you think, uh-huh! better, then you click Undo and you just can't believe how bad the original image looks in comparison to the corrected one.