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Griffin
15th of July 2002 (Mon), 11:45
Mr. Don Ellis pointed out the other day there is a good sharpening plug-in for Photoshop 5 & 6 called "Ultrasharpen". I have been using Pekka's LinearSharpen and Fred's EdgeSharpen all along. Now I want to know how they comapred. So I run a little un-scientific tests on both sharpening software and your eyes would be the judge.

This is the original, converted from Pekka's profile of "400-800 Sharpen" setting

http://www.pbase.com/image/3130373.jpg

And this is with Fred's EdgeSharpen PRO of Stronger setting apply to the one above

http://www.pbase.com/image/3130394.jpg

Finally, this is with Ultrasharpen demo apply to the one above

http://www.pbase.com/image/3130431.jpg

Both produce no artificats. You should notice that they are very close to each other in terms of sharpening result. However, Fred's action makes the image a little too bright on my uncalibrated monitor.

Your comments are welcomed.


Regards.
Roger_Cavanagh
15th of July 2002 (Mon), 17:31
Griffin,

They both look over-sharpened to me. Did you run ES and US on the convert only output from LS342 or from an option that included sharpening already?

I think it would be a better test, if you included a 100 ISO image that did not have noise.

Regards,
Griffin
16th of July 2002 (Tue), 10:15
Okay, posted some other samples all taken in ISO100.

Original, convert only straight from LinearSharpen 3.42

http://www.pbase.com/image/3154760.jpg

Applying Auto (normal) setting with EdgeSharpen Pro 16-bit

http://www.pbase.com/image/3154762.jpg

Applying Ultrasharpen demo

http://www.pbase.com/image/3154763.jpg

Please comment
Roger_Cavanagh
18th of July 2002 (Thu), 03:24
Griffin,

I think there have been no replies because it is very hard to see any difference between the different versions. If you really want to pursue this comparison, I would suggest choosing a balanced image with lots of detail and then taking, say, a 500 x 500 crop, so you can post full-size results.

Regards,
Griffin
18th of July 2002 (Thu), 08:53
I guess it is okay to me Roger, cause may be both are very close to each other. I will keep searching for some good shots anyway.
jim9tan
22nd of July 2002 (Mon), 01:55
Actually, the original looks pretty good.