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Hi all. I’m presently in the process of scanning several old slides using a Nikon Coolscan V (LS-50) film scanner and I would like to get a second opinion on the sharpening part. For sharpening I use the FocalBlade Photoshop plug-in. I believe that Focalblade sharpens only the Luminance channel and better results may be obtained.
This is the original 4000 spi scan not sharpened at all: http://s135598769.onlinehome.us/no-sharp.png
This is a sharpened version using the "medium" setting in FocalBlade: http://s135598769.onlinehome.us/medium.jpg
This is a sharpened version using the "heavy sharp/high threshold" setting in FocalBlade:
http://s135598769.onlinehome.us/heavy.jpg
I read many opinions on the subject of USM. Most Nikonias recommend a setting of 150/0.9/0, others advocate 300/1/4/1, others swear by 20/60/4 at scanning then 500/0.5/0 in PS, while the book "Scanning & Halftones" suggests 200/1/3 as a starting point. I tried all and due to the graininess and particularities of this duplicating film – none of the above settings work.
To my eyes, the "heavy" version looks better when the image is viewed entirely. By contrast, the "medium" setting looks with less artifacts at 100% but a bit soft when viewed entirely. I would like to get a second opinion, which is better? (pleasing without oversharpening) The medium or heavy setting? Thanks.
This is the original 4000 spi scan not sharpened at all: http://s135598769.onlinehome.us/no-sharp.png
This is a sharpened version using the "medium" setting in FocalBlade: http://s135598769.onlinehome.us/medium.jpg
This is a sharpened version using the "heavy sharp/high threshold" setting in FocalBlade:
http://s135598769.onlinehome.us/heavy.jpg
I read many opinions on the subject of USM. Most Nikonias recommend a setting of 150/0.9/0, others advocate 300/1/4/1, others swear by 20/60/4 at scanning then 500/0.5/0 in PS, while the book "Scanning & Halftones" suggests 200/1/3 as a starting point. I tried all and due to the graininess and particularities of this duplicating film – none of the above settings work.
To my eyes, the "heavy" version looks better when the image is viewed entirely. By contrast, the "medium" setting looks with less artifacts at 100% but a bit soft when viewed entirely. I would like to get a second opinion, which is better? (pleasing without oversharpening) The medium or heavy setting? Thanks.
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