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Hi I am looking to find out people’s opinions on unsharp masking methods. I work in a newspaper and recently two different "Photoshop gurus" have been through the place with vastly differing methods of the use of unsharp masking.
Both gurus operated on the image in CMYK for the unsharp masking process (this is for newspaper reproduction)
Guru one’s method was to have the radius as 1, the threshold at 12 for people and one for anything else and to adjust the amount accordingly for the particular photo
Guru two’s method was to again have the radius at 1 and have the amount fixed at 230 and adjust the threshold accordingly for the photo.
I would like to hear from people regarding their experience with unsharp masking with regards to commercial printing and which philosophy they are more likely to follow. I would also welcome other suggestions in regards to the use of this filter. Please note I am not interested in web reproduction purely in print reproductions.
Thanks
Shelley
Both gurus operated on the image in CMYK for the unsharp masking process (this is for newspaper reproduction)
Guru one’s method was to have the radius as 1, the threshold at 12 for people and one for anything else and to adjust the amount accordingly for the particular photo
Guru two’s method was to again have the radius at 1 and have the amount fixed at 230 and adjust the threshold accordingly for the photo.
I would like to hear from people regarding their experience with unsharp masking with regards to commercial printing and which philosophy they are more likely to follow. I would also welcome other suggestions in regards to the use of this filter. Please note I am not interested in web reproduction purely in print reproductions.
Thanks
Shelley
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