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In the scrolls a Dark Angel named murmur
spoketh these words of doom:
Normally what I do is choose the best of the best and put them to one side for individual editing, however for most of the images I just use batch processing.
You’re actions will vary but essentially I do something like this:
Auto colour (seems to be better for landscapes)
Convert to LAB
G Blur A and B channels
Choose Lightness
USM (varies from camera, but a good start is around 100-150%, .5-1.5, 1 Convert to RGB
USM a final touch.
Then for web I do a resize and export jpg.
I do this on a separate batch of images, after I have backed up the originals. For the best photo’s I do all these stages by hand and be more finicky with the USM and the anti-haze sharpening.
Rule of thumb about sharpness, don’t believe the screen and it’s personal preference. Normally over-sharpened images come out better in the photo-lab I use. I can’t comment on other labs.
spoketh these words of doom:
Hello,
I have recently returned from vacation, and have about 800 photos shot on my G2. I would like to try an online photofinisher, like epixel.com or adorama pro lab, to print a set of 4×6 prints of these.
My question is, how should I prepare these prints for processing? I am fairly adept at photoshop, and regularly enhance select photos for enlargements
at home or web viewing (curves, levels, brightness/contrast, unsharp mask, etc). But I have never worked with such a large quantity of prints, nor an online photo lab. Does one hand-fix each print (which could take days), or is there a batch-alteration I can run? Or do I just
Normally what I do is choose the best of the best and put them to one side for individual editing, however for most of the images I just use batch processing.
You’re actions will vary but essentially I do something like this:
Auto colour (seems to be better for landscapes)
Convert to LAB
G Blur A and B channels
Choose Lightness
USM (varies from camera, but a good start is around 100-150%, .5-1.5, 1 Convert to RGB
USM a final touch.
Then for web I do a resize and export jpg.
I do this on a separate batch of images, after I have backed up the originals. For the best photo’s I do all these stages by hand and be more finicky with the USM and the anti-haze sharpening.
Rule of thumb about sharpness, don’t believe the screen and it’s personal preference. Normally over-sharpened images come out better in the photo-lab I use. I can’t comment on other labs.
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