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Table of Contents 4 Preface: Real World Sharpening 8 The Sharpening Workflow 9 Sharpening and the Display 10 Objective Realities 10 Creative Capacities 11 Multiple-Application Workflows 11 Who Needs This Book? 11 How the Book Is Organized 12 A Word to Windows Users 12 This Book’s Origins 13 Image Credits 13 Thank You! 14 Chapter One: What Is Sharpening? 16 Emphasizing Edges 17 Analog Roots 19 Digital Processing 20 Unsharp Mask Filter 20 Digital Noise Reduction 22 Sharpening and Pixels 24 Chapter Two: Why Do We Sharpen? 26 Sharpening and Displays 27 Display Technologies 27 Display Resolution 28 The Display as a Guide 28 Sharpening Issues 31 Image Sources 32 Detail, Film Grain, and Scanner Noise 33 Transparency Film Grain 33 Color Negative Film Grain 38 Detail, Noise, and Digital Capture 42 Sensor Types 42 Sensor Noise 48 Noise Reduction 51 Color Noise 51 Luminance Noise 52 Noise, Exposure, and ETTR 56 Noise, Detail, and Enlargement 60 JPEG and Noise 62 Lenses and Image Quality 67 Monochromatic Lens Aberrations 67 Chromatic Lens Aberrations 71 Lens Diffraction 73 Lens Flare 74 Photographic Aspects of Image Quality 74 Sharpening and the Image Source 79 Sharpening and Image Content 80 Low-Frequency and High-Frequency Images 82 How Sharp Is Sharp Enough? 86 Sharpening and the Output Process 89 Resolution and the Eye 91 Viewing Distance 93 Print Resolution 95 Halftone Output 95 Continuous-Tone Output 97 Error Diffusion Dither Output 97 Sharpening for Output 99 Introduction to Creative Sharpening 102 One Size Does Not Fit All 103 Chapter Three: Sharpening Strategies 104 Traditional Prepress Sharpening 105 One-Pass Sharpening Is Inflexible 105 One-Pass Sharpening Is Often Overdone 106 One-Pass Sharpening and Digital Capture 108 Traditional Sharpening Roots 111 A Multipass Sharpening Workflow 112 Phase One: Capture Sharpening 113 Phase Two: Creative Sharpening 117 Phase Three: Output Sharpening 119 Benefits of a Multipass Sharpening Workflow 123 Use-Neutral Capture-Sharpened Master Images 123 Fixed Output Sharpening 123 Creating a Multiapplication Sharpening Workflow 124 Sharpening in Photoshop 127 Sharpening in Camera Raw 128 Sharpening in Lightroom 129 Output Sharpening in Practice 131 Output Sharpening and the Display 133 From Theory to Practice 135 Chapter Four: Sharpening Tools 136 Sharpening Tools in Photoshop 137 Analyzing Sharpeners 137 The Sharpen Filter 138 The Sharpen More Filter 138 The Sharpen Edges Filter 139 The Unsharp Mask Filter 139 The Smart Sharpen Filter 149 The Overlay/High Pass Method 162 Edge and Surface Masks 167 Noise Reduction in Photoshop 174 The Reduce Noise Filter 175 The Surface Blur Filter 178 Noise Reduction with Despeckle 179 Comparing Noise Reduction Tools 179 Sharpening and Noise Reduction in Camera Raw and Lightroom 184 Comparing Camera Raw and Lightroom’s Environments 185 The Camera Raw and Lightroom Sharpening Philosophy 187 Analyzing Camera Raw and Lightroom’s Sharpening Tool 187 Using Camera Raw or Lightroom for Image Sharpening 192 Using Camera Raw or Lightroom for Noise Reduction 201 Combining Camera Raw, Lightroom, and Photoshop’s Tools 204 Chapter Five: Industrial-Strength Sharpening Techniques 208 Layers, Blending, and Mask-Making Techniques in Photoshop 209 Sharpening on a Layer 210 Luminosity Blending 213 Sharpening Tonal Ranges 214 Sharpening Layer Controls 216 Splitting the Sharpening Haloes 217 Layer Masks 221 Capture Sharpening in Photoshop 229 Medium-Format Transparency 230 35mm Transparency 233 High-Speed 35mm Color Negative 235 Using Third-Party Raw Processing Software 238 Capture Sharpening in Camera Raw and Lightroom 242 Determining Edge Width 243 Blending Image Frequencies with Smart Objects 248 Controlling File Size 256 Creative Sharpening in Photoshop 259 Choosing the Type of Mask 260 Sharpening Brush Techniques 262 Effects Layers 267 Creative Sharpening in Camera Raw and Lightroom 282 Lightroom to Photoshop to Lightroom for Creative Sharpening (and Other Things) 285 Output Sharpening in Photoshop 289 Halftone Sharpening 290 Inkjet Sharpening 291 Continuous-Tone Sharpening 292 Sharpening for Computer Display 293 Smart Sharpen for Display Sharpening 294 Output Sharpening in Camera Raw 296 Output Sharpening in Lightroom 298 Output Sharpening in the Print Module 298 Output Sharpening with Export 304 The Power of the Workflow 306 Chapter Six: Putting the Tools to Work 308 When Do We Sharpen? 309 Automation in Photoshop 309 Action Basics 310 Batch Processing Using Photoshop 318 Saving Images with Image Processor 323 Efficient Capture Sharpening in Camera Raw 325 Creating Camera Raw Sharpening Presets 325 Controlling Camera Raw’s Preferences 328 An Efficient Sharpening Workflow for Lightroom 331 Creating Sharpening Presets in the Develop Module 331 Creating and Using Templates in Print 336 Image Sizing and Output Sharpening in Export 343 Output Presets in Export 346 Post-Processing from Export 347 Sweating the Details 350 Index 352 A 352 B 352 C 352 D 353 E 354 F 354 G 354 H 354 I 355 J 355 K 355 L 355 M 356 N 356 O 357 P 357 R 358 S 358 T 360 U 360 V 360 W 360 Z 360

just About Every Digital Image Requires Sharpening Since Softness Is Inevitably Introduced During The Image Digitizing Process, And Oftentimes With Digital Photography, Images Are Sharpened Badly. This Second Edition Of The Definitive Book By The Late Bruce Fraser Teaches Readers All They Need To Know About Sharpening, Including When To Use It, Why It's Needed, How To Use The Camera's Features, How To Recognize An Image That Needs Sharpening, How Much To Use, What's Bad Sharpening, And How To Fix Oversharpening.

real World Image Sharpening With Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, And Lightroom, Second Edition Is Written By Fraser's Friend And Renowned Photographer Jeff Schewe. It Adds Essential Coverage Of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom And Adobe Camera Raw, Since Many Of The Key Sharpening Functions Have Migrated From Photoshop To Those Tools Since The First Edition Of The Book Was Published.

the Book Shows Readers How To: Recognize The Kind Of Sharpening That Each Image Needs; Become Acquainted With The Full Arsenal Of Sharpening Tools Built Into Photoshop, Lightroom, And Camera Raw; Sharpen Part Of An Image Selectively; Create A Complete Sharpening Workflow That Allows Sharpening Images Optimally For Different Uses; Balance The Contradictory Demands Of Sharpening And Noise Reduction; And More.

Just about every digital image requires sharpening since softness is inevitably introduced during the image digitizing process, and oftentimes with digital photography, images are sharpened badly. This second edition of the definitive book by the late Bruce Fraser teaches readers all they need to know about sharpening, including when to use it, why it's needed, how to use the camera's features, how to recognize an image that needs sharpening, how much to use, what's bad sharpening, and how to fix oversharpening. Real World Image Sharpening with Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Lightroom, Second Edition is written by Fraser's friend and renowned photographer Jeff Schewe. It adds essential coverage of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw, since many of the key sharpening functions have migrated from Photoshop to those tools since the first edition of the book was published. The book shows readers how to: recognize the kind of sharpening that each image needs; become acquainted with the full arsenal of sharpening tools built into Photoshop, Lightroom, and Camera Raw; sharpen part of an image selectively; create a complete sharpening workflow that allows sharpening images optimally for different uses; balance the contradictory demands of sharpening and noise reduction; and more.