sharpening

[biggin]

What are some good sharpening software or plug ins? Are any of them free? Thanks for all replies

[tim]

Photoshop CS2 does a good job, but it's not free. Photoshop elements probably does it too, it's cheap.

[neil_r]

I use focal blade, it works for me...

http://thepluginsite.com/products/photowiz/focalblade/

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/focalblade.shtml

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[biggin]

I know about photoshop .I am looking for something that can help fix a few blurry photos I really need. I was looking for something better than photoshop!

[markubig]

I am looking for something that can help fix a few blurry photos I really need. I thought that a blurry photo was just that . . . a blurry photo . . . you would have to over-sharpen it and too much sharpening ruins the photo. am I wrong? anyone?

[tzalman]

Picture Cooler is freeware. Try the deconvolution feature for either OOF blur or motion blur:
http://denoiser.shorturl.com/

[biggin]

YEAH but some programs are better than others at helping out a blurry photo. I am just not sure which one would be best. Anyone have something other than photoshop they could recommend?

[ssim]

There is a wealth of information available through the members here. Why don't you post the image to get some opinions on whether it is salvageable at all.

[ohenry]

This is a fix that should take place in your camera, not in post processing. If you're getting blurry photos, fix the cause not the effect.

[Nightcrawler]

That is the ideal solution, but this guy may just have an almost money shot that he wants to get fixed. He may have just botched the focus for just this one picture.

[PhotosGuy]

Try selectively sharpening the area that needs it most in PS & you might get away with it. Remember GIGO! (Or you could just call it "Bokeh", & then it's all right?):D;)

[RAitch]

I was looking for something better than photoshop!

There IS nothing better than Photoshop!! What are you smoking?
There's all kinds of ways to use photoshop to do sharpening... don't just rely on the USM or sharpen filters.

Anything else you can find would have LESS control than photoshop in an attempt to make it user friendly.

Perhaps you don't like PS because of it's complexity and numerous ways to get amazing results that are all customizable. That just doesn't make sense.

Post the picture and let people play with it... or check out some PS tutorials on sharpening and try something other than USM if that's not 'working' for you.

[KennyG]

Hang on a minute. Are you talking about softness that sharpening may cure, or blur that it will not? You can only go so far in rescuing OOF shots before they look horribly over-processed. Any chance you can post a crop from the image in question?

The Focus Magic plugin can go someway fixing motion blur, but it isn't a magic bullet.

[d'homme]

The question is .. Why is the photo blurry?