Lightroom Sharpening

I'm not really happy with the LR 3 sharpening so i'm doing it all in CS5 but unfortunately I can only do one image at a time.

What do you guys think of LR 3's sharpening?

R.

TRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

in CS5 you can create a sharpen action and run the image processor... that's what i do.

It's pretty good. Provided you know how it works.

Here's a blogpost on LR2: http://www.getcolorman​aged.com/general/lrsha​rpening/

LR3 works in about the same way, but has vastly better NR & detail.

rickp1 wrote in post #12311620
I'm not really happy with the LR 3 sharpening so i'm doing it all in CS5 but unfortunately I can only do one image at a time.
R.

What don't you like about it?

Works just fine for me, I use a universal setting for all photos at once, right before I export.

I;ve compared it to USM and I think USM does a better job. IMO LR sharpening adds noise, not sharpness, if that makes sense.

Right now I'm using CS5 but I have to do each image individually. If LR had USM I could get a better result and sync to other images, at least some sharpening. I know each images wouldn't be the same, but it adds flexibility IMO.

Since OnOne just added a plugin for layers in LR, I was hoping there was something similar for sharpening. I think it would be a great feature to add to LR by Adobe or someone else.

The Clarity slider in LR does a lot of what USM does, just in a more simplified manner; combine light usage of that with the normal sharpening and you can get some pretty great results.

Also, using the Local Adjustment Brush to selectively sharpen things gives you similar control over what PARTS of the image get sharpened to using masks to do the same thing.

This may help:
http://lightroom-news.com …oom-11-update/sharpening/

I do like the Clarity slider in LR, I use it all the time.

Well maybe Adobe will add that in the future, who knows.

Thanks guys

If you set Detail to 0, LR has USM. If you set it to 100 it is deconvolution (Smart) sharpening, and in between it is a blend of the two. Deconvolution is great for maximizing detail in landscapes but definitely not for portraits. And yes, the price tag on detail is that noise comes with it. Try LR with Detail set low, 0 - 10, and Masking (equivalent to Threshold in PS USM) up enough to restrict the sharping to edges - around 25 - 30.

I would also suggest giving just a touch of Luminosity NR even though the default is 0. 3 to 6 does just a little smoothing.