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<blockquote data-quote="T-Man" data-source="post: 451634" data-attributes="member: 22038"><p>The NIK Sharpener is intended to be a 2 stage process that uses 2 different algorithms. They claim it does a better job of sharpening, and based on the results of using it vs using the sharpening in LR, I'm convinced. You don't necessarily have to use both Pre and Output, but if you do, RAW Presharpener is intended to be the first step in your workflow, just to subtly sharpen the image to correct the slight softening your camera's OLPF imparts on the image to prevent "moire" effects. If your camera doesn't have an OLPF, you probably don't need to use it. After the RAW Presharpener, NIK recommends using the Define 2 for noise reduction as the 2nd step, then continue doing all your other processing steps in whatever order you wish, as long as you use Output Sharpener as your very last step. Output Sharpener is intended to "fine tune" your sharpening and optimize the sharpening for a specific output, whether computer display or printing to a specific size and viewing distance. There are tutorials on YouTube that explain this. In addition, Output Sharpener allows you to tweak microcontrast (called "local contrast"), "structure," and a function called "focus" that's hard to explain, but all are explained pretty well in the tutorials on YouTube. Both allow selective sharpening using control points and they have pretty nice effects masks so you can see precisely which elements of your image are being effected by the control point sharpening.</p><p></p><p>I love the NIK collection. Even if it only contained Sharpener Pro and Define 2 noise reduction, I would still think it was money well spent, as I think Sharpener Pro is better than the sharpening function in LR and I think Define 2 does a better job of noise reduction than the NR "Luminance" function in LR. I use at least Sharpener Pro and Define 2 on every photo, and I use Viveza and Color Efex Pro fairly often. As stated multiple times, the "control points" functionality is a fantastic feature. My only complaint about the NIK collection is if you're using it with LR, it's cumbersome to go from one NIK tool to the next, because you have to create copies of the image in LR each time you use a NIK tool, if you want an image with the cumulative effects of edits in each NIK tool. In contrast, in PS, you would create each edit in layers. But, I don't use PS... yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="T-Man, post: 451634, member: 22038"] The NIK Sharpener is intended to be a 2 stage process that uses 2 different algorithms. They claim it does a better job of sharpening, and based on the results of using it vs using the sharpening in LR, I'm convinced. You don't necessarily have to use both Pre and Output, but if you do, RAW Presharpener is intended to be the first step in your workflow, just to subtly sharpen the image to correct the slight softening your camera's OLPF imparts on the image to prevent "moire" effects. If your camera doesn't have an OLPF, you probably don't need to use it. After the RAW Presharpener, NIK recommends using the Define 2 for noise reduction as the 2nd step, then continue doing all your other processing steps in whatever order you wish, as long as you use Output Sharpener as your very last step. Output Sharpener is intended to "fine tune" your sharpening and optimize the sharpening for a specific output, whether computer display or printing to a specific size and viewing distance. There are tutorials on YouTube that explain this. In addition, Output Sharpener allows you to tweak microcontrast (called "local contrast"), "structure," and a function called "focus" that's hard to explain, but all are explained pretty well in the tutorials on YouTube. Both allow selective sharpening using control points and they have pretty nice effects masks so you can see precisely which elements of your image are being effected by the control point sharpening. I love the NIK collection. Even if it only contained Sharpener Pro and Define 2 noise reduction, I would still think it was money well spent, as I think Sharpener Pro is better than the sharpening function in LR and I think Define 2 does a better job of noise reduction than the NR "Luminance" function in LR. I use at least Sharpener Pro and Define 2 on every photo, and I use Viveza and Color Efex Pro fairly often. As stated multiple times, the "control points" functionality is a fantastic feature. My only complaint about the NIK collection is if you're using it with LR, it's cumbersome to go from one NIK tool to the next, because you have to create copies of the image in LR each time you use a NIK tool, if you want an image with the cumulative effects of edits in each NIK tool. In contrast, in PS, you would create each edit in layers. But, I don't use PS... yet. [/QUOTE]
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