I came across this really great sharpening technique made by Manny Librodo - a Filipino photographer. Call me ignorant, but I'm not really savvy with the local photographers other than the really established ones like Wig Tysmans, George Tapan, Raymund Isaac, etc. So if Manny Librodo happens upon this or any of his friend, please send him my thanks and apologies for being ignorant.
Anyways, like I said about how I present my photos - "I want to present each picture the way I have seen them with my own eyes". I'm now in a dillema after seeing what difference this sharpening technique makes. I like it but this definitely contradicts what I stated above. I'm torn on when I will apply this sharpening technique and when not.
For those interested on how this technique goes, here's the lowdown. I'm using Photoshop CS6 BTW.
1) Duplicate layer.
2) Apply Unsharp Mask (Filter -> Sharpen) with these values: 18-40-0
3) Apply another instance of Unsharp Mask with the following values: 150-.3-0
4) Edit the layer by fading the effect (Edit -> Fade Unsharp Mask) with this value: 100% in Darken Mode.
5) Apply another instane of Unsharp Mask using the same values in Step 3.
6) Edit again the layer by fading the effect with this value: 50% in Lighten Mode.
7) Flatten Image.
And that's it! If you think that you'll be using this technique a lot in the future, I suggest making this into an Action so you would not forget the steps and it will only take you one (or two) pushe/es of a button.
Thanks to my friend Manny Lallarta for introducing me to this technique.
Anyways, like I said about how I present my photos - "I want to present each picture the way I have seen them with my own eyes". I'm now in a dillema after seeing what difference this sharpening technique makes. I like it but this definitely contradicts what I stated above. I'm torn on when I will apply this sharpening technique and when not.
For those interested on how this technique goes, here's the lowdown. I'm using Photoshop CS6 BTW.
1) Duplicate layer.
2) Apply Unsharp Mask (Filter -> Sharpen) with these values: 18-40-0
3) Apply another instance of Unsharp Mask with the following values: 150-.3-0
4) Edit the layer by fading the effect (Edit -> Fade Unsharp Mask) with this value: 100% in Darken Mode.
5) Apply another instane of Unsharp Mask using the same values in Step 3.
6) Edit again the layer by fading the effect with this value: 50% in Lighten Mode.
7) Flatten Image.
And that's it! If you think that you'll be using this technique a lot in the future, I suggest making this into an Action so you would not forget the steps and it will only take you one (or two) pushe/es of a button.
Thanks to my friend Manny Lallarta for introducing me to this technique.