Regular sharpening? What¹s that in PhotoKit Sharpener? There are all kinds of radius and amounts in the product, all kind so masked generated with numerous parameters based on the capture or output

in PP5E where he discusses quite a few settings for different objectives ranging from special-purpose sharpening to other effects altogether, not all of which are necessarily targeted by PK

Unfortunately for most photographers doing high-end work their client is an art director or a designer with a computer and a copy of photoshop and when they get the digital file from the

Lee, Once you have this up-date ready I would really appreciate seeing it. In fact, if you have a link to the old one that could still be of interest too. Mark Segal << I have an old ACR tutorial

Applied Color Theory in PhotoshopI'm surprised at the amount of discussion regarding spelling and grammar on resumes. Currently our best digital tech is a very talented young man who speaks English as

Correct, except I don't consider Camera Raw a safety net - just a better way to setup the image. To fully take advantage of RAW processing you have to expose even more carefully than you do normally

Stephen, Dan has alot of material on sharpening including the use of Hiraloam in PP5E where he discusses quite a few settings for different objectives ranging from special-purpose sharpening to other

John Ruttenberg wrote: interest, instead of going to any of this trouble I use Photokit Sharpener Pro, developed out of basic principles for addressing all these issues about which Bruce Fraser has

Dan, I read that. The purpose of my post really wasn't to take issue with anyone espousing any particular philosophy (or dogma) for editing images. But I used myself as an example because I don't know

No, that¹s not necessarily correct and there have been no ground rules as usual. There¹s always a Raw file and proper exposure is always a factor. The JPEG is an after thought. It¹s only based, can

"Thanks for the disclaimer" Good call Mark, and I will use your words (with a slight modification) to bring my POV into perspective... I have no experience judging this issue from the perspective

Sounds like a side-by-side challenge would be appropriate. I'll be glad to supply some iamges and set up a web page for this. My best recent images are all ballet shots with high ISO so there is a

For the record, I never had in the back of my mind a notion that one would "never" exit Camera Raw. it is not a matter of "either" "or", but rather when and why to use each. In fact, I mentioned in a

Alan Klement wrote: Remember when programs like CorelDraw! flooded the market and every secretary was doing graphics? It's over. The professionals have taken back over. I guess the same is going to

Greetings I have been very interested in this thread since I am currently interviewing students from a local program for retouch internships as part of our companies goal of "growing our own

Thanks for the disclaimer. My frame of reference is artistic photographs destined for an inkjet printer and thereafter to be put in a collection. Obviously this could make for differences in workflow

While I find the discussion of Hiraloam of some technical interest, instead of going to any of this trouble I use Photokit Sharpener Pro, developed out of basic principles for addressing all these

Compromises? Nope. There¹s way more to this than speed. That¹s icing on the cake. You apply ALL metadata edits, (which I would argue provide more control over image rendering), at once, the result

are we doing to educate our customers about why they need us? Are we lifting our game to another level that amateurs can't reach? Finally, do we recognize that the greatest threat to our industry is

Between two equally skilled candidates, I'll take the one who produces the most professional resume, shows up on time, dresses appropriately, and converses with confidence. It's competition for a job,