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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 335901" data-attributes="member: 9240">If you're shooting RAW then you have to sharpen.&nbsp; There are lots of ways to do it, and using Lightroom/ACR defaults isn't one of them.&nbsp; It's one of the most important lessons I learned and it made a huge leap in the quality of my images.&nbsp; The most important thing to learn is that you don't want to sharpen until the very end.&nbsp; Sharpening a full size image and then resizing can not only undo the sharpening work, it can actually over-emphasize it and make your image look horrible.&nbsp; Your images don't look unsharp, but they do appear unsharpened.There are various methods and techniques for sharpening your images, and all of them have their place (including the wastebasket), and it's important to experiment with various methods to know what works for an image.&nbsp; I tend to bounce between using hi-pass filters and Unsharp Mask.&nbsp; My brother is a huge disciple of Photoshop's Smart Sharpen tool.&nbsp; Regardless, learn them and learn how to use them.Here's a pretty good overview.&nbsp; There are many others.[MEDIA=youtube]YOeZD8ZKCjQ[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 335901, member: 9240"] If you're shooting RAW then you have to sharpen. There are lots of ways to do it, and using Lightroom/ACR defaults isn't one of them. It's one of the most important lessons I learned and it made a [I]huge[/I] leap in the quality of my images. The most important thing to learn is that you don't want to sharpen until the very end. Sharpening a full size image and [I]then [/I]resizing can not only undo the sharpening work, it can actually over-emphasize it and make your image look horrible. Your images don't look [I]unsharp[/I], but they do appear [I]unsharpened.[/I] There are various methods and techniques for sharpening your images, and all of them have their place (including the wastebasket), and it's important to experiment with various methods to know what works for an image. I tend to bounce between using hi-pass filters and Unsharp Mask. My brother is a huge disciple of Photoshop's [I]Smart Sharpen[/I] tool. Regardless, learn them and learn how to use them. Here's a pretty good overview. There are [I]many[/I] others. [MEDIA=youtube]YOeZD8ZKCjQ[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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