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Hi Jurgen,Brilliant shots , Marc.
Thank you very much for sharing . I am surprised about the wonderful colors .
How much USM did you use and do you do USM already in PHOCUS ? ? ?
Jürgen
Thanks MarcHi Jurgen,
I use the default USM in Phocus} Amount: 100, Radius: 1.0, Threshold: 0, Dark Limit: 26. When I size for web I just use Sharpen in Photoshop, and then reduce that with the Fade slider about 50%.
The colors are partly due to the brillantly clear light on that day, and that all the cars are painted and polished to a fine degree. Sometimes that high reflectivity doesn't work in your favor ... like this:
Odd, I don't recall ever setting any of those sharpening numbers and assumed they were defaults :wtf:Thanks Marc
I have looked up PHOCUS and find the basic setting for USM in the adjust section
100% + RADIUS 1,0 + THRESHOLD 0 + DARK LIMIT 10 .
I must confess , I do not really know , what that dark limit stands for .
Your value is 26 , I find 10 as preset . What does that mean ? ? ?
In the user manual it reads rather short:
The higher the number, the less extensive the sharpening effect will be .
Depending on the image , a setting between 0 and 20 is recommended .
I assume your value of 26 is a value of your experience .
Jürgen
Peter,I am just trying out some software that does a pretty neat job of reproducing the tonal curves of various 'b&W film' types - checking out these default curves sees interesting shoulder patterns as well as combinations of filters in default mode from where one can change /add/ do all sorts of stuff - sure not film at all - but on the internet - doubt that many would see the difference actually - the grain patterns are also reproduced for each type.
Ditto for Nik Silver Efex. Great stuff for B&W conversions.Peter,
If you haven't tried the Alien Skin Exposure plug-in for Photoshop you really should demo it. From your description I suspect this may already be the case.