sharpening

I wonder does anyone here ever use Google’s Picasa program for editing. I took hundreds of photos in Lanzarote last week and edited them in Picasa with great results. However, a few of the pics were slightly out of focus but the "sharpening" edit in Picasa is quite unbelievable. The problem is, they only remain sharpened when using Picasa (apparently this is a glitch in the program) and the sharpenening can’t be saved. So what I want to know is, does anybody know of a similar program or a plug-in for PS? I just cannot get the same kind of sharpness using PS filter but maybe I am not using it properly. I took over a thousand shots when on holiday and there are only about six that I really need sharpened. Three of these were of my hometown as we flew over it and considering that they were shot through perspex and reinforced glass, maybe I shouldn’t be complaining. But the edited results on Picasa were amazing! Thanks in advance for any suggestions or advice.

"eugene" wrote in message

I wonder does anyone here ever use Google’s Picasa program for editing. I took hundreds of photos in Lanzarote last week and edited them in Picasa with great results. However, a few of the pics were slightly out of focus but the "sharpening" edit in Picasa is quite unbelievable. The problem is, they only remain sharpened when using Picasa (apparently this is a glitch in the program) and the sharpenening can’t be saved. So what I want to know is, does anybody know of a similar program or a plug-in for PS? I just cannot get the same kind of sharpness using PS filter but maybe I am not using it properly. I took over a thousand shots when on holiday and there are only about six that I really need sharpened. Three of these were of my hometown as we flew over it and considering that they were shot through perspex and reinforced glass, maybe I shouldn’t be complaining. But the edited results on Picasa were amazing! Thanks in advance for any suggestions or advice.

Picasa works this way intentionally – all edits are reversible. The changes will be permanent if you export the files from Picasa. —
Mike Russell – www.curvemeister.com

"Mike Russell" wrote in message

"eugene" wrote in message

I wonder does anyone here ever use Google’s Picasa program for editing. I took hundreds of photos in Lanzarote last week and edited them in Picasa with great results. However, a few of the pics were slightly out of focus but the "sharpening" edit in Picasa is quite unbelievable. The problem is, they only remain sharpened when using Picasa (apparently this is a glitch in the program) and the sharpenening can’t be saved. So what I want to know is, does anybody know of a similar program or a plug-in for PS? I just cannot get the same kind of sharpness using PS filter but maybe I am not using it properly. I took over a thousand shots when on holiday and there are only about six that I really need sharpened. Three of these were of my hometown as we flew over it and considering that they were shot through perspex and reinforced glass, maybe I shouldn’t be complaining. But the edited results on Picasa were amazing! Thanks in advance for any suggestions or advice.

Picasa works this way intentionally – all edits are reversible. The changes will be permanent if you export the files from Picasa. —
Mike Russell – www.curvemeister.com

Sorry but that isn’t correct. Changes are all saved……….except sharpening. I have tried various ways to get around this but to no avail. I then got a mail from the Picasa help forum telling me that there was a bug in that particular edit and that it cannot be saved. So back to my original query, do you or does anybody know of a similar program that sharpens easily and very visibly?

Photoshop

On 8/20/07 6:28 AM, in article ,
"eugene" wrote:

"Mike Russell" wrote in message

"eugene" wrote in message

I wonder does anyone here ever use Google’s Picasa program for editing. I
took hundreds of photos in Lanzarote last week and edited them in Picasa
with great results. However, a few of the pics were slightly out of focus
but the "sharpening" edit in Picasa is quite unbelievable. The problem is,
they only remain sharpened when using Picasa (apparently this is a glitch
in the program) and the sharpenening can’t be saved. So what I want to know is, does anybody know of a similar program or a plug-in for PS? I just cannot get the same kind of sharpness using PS filter but maybe I am
not using it properly. I took over a thousand shots when on holiday and there are only about six that I really need sharpened. Three of these were
of my hometown as we flew over it and considering that they were shot through perspex and reinforced glass, maybe I shouldn’t be complaining. But the edited results on Picasa were amazing! Thanks in advance for any
suggestions or advice.

Picasa works this way intentionally – all edits are reversible. The changes will be permanent if you export the files from Picasa. —
Mike Russell – www.curvemeister.com

Sorry but that isn’t correct. Changes are all saved……….except sharpening. I have tried various ways to get around this but to no avail. I
then got a mail from the Picasa help forum telling me that there was a bug
in that particular edit and that it cannot be saved. So back to my original
query, do you or does anybody know of a similar program that sharpens easily
and very visibly?

on Picasa were amazing! Thanks in advance for any suggestions or advice.

"eugene" wrote in message

on Picasa were amazing! Thanks in advance for any suggestions or advice.

Until you get a more knowledgeable reply, Eugene, is a screen capture a temporary answer?

Gummo

Hiya Gummo……………..fancy meeting you here bro! I think I have the problem sorted now..by trial and error. How’s da form?

"eugene" wrote in message

Hiya Gummo……………..fancy meeting you here bro! I think I have the problem sorted now..by trial and error. How’s da form?

It’s not a big leap from SCI to Photoshop, Eugene. The form’s grand – I’m off this week!

Show us your best pics when you get sorted.

Gummo

"eugene" wrote in message

Hiya Gummo……………..fancy meeting you here bro! I think I have the problem sorted now..by trial and error. How’s da form?

It’s not a big leap from SCI to Photoshop, Eugene. The form’s grand – I’m off this week!

Show us your best pics when you get sorted.

Gummo

"eugene" wrote in message

Hiya Gummo……………..fancy meeting you here bro! I think I have the problem sorted now..by trial and error. How’s da form?

It’s not a big leap from SCI to Photoshop, Eugene. The form’s grand – I’m off this week!

Show us your best pics when you get sorted.

Gummo

"eugene" wrote in message

Hiya Gummo……………..fancy meeting you here bro! I think I have the problem sorted now..by trial and error. How’s da form?

It’s not a big leap from SCI to Photoshop, Eugene. The form’s grand – I’m off this week!

Show us your best pics when you get sorted.

Gummo

No cattle or sheep in Lanzarote either………guess with there being no grass to feed them

I wonder does anyone here ever use Google’s Picasa program for editing. I took hundreds of photos in Lanzarote last week and edited them in Picasa with great results. However, a few of the pics were slightly out of focus but the "sharpening" edit in Picasa is quite unbelievable. The problem is, they only remain sharpened when using Picasa (apparently this is a glitch in the program) and the sharpenening can’t be saved. So what I want to know is, does anybody know of a similar program or a plug-in for PS? I just cannot get the same kind of sharpness using PS filter but maybe I am not using it properly. I took over a thousand shots when on holiday and there are only about six that I really need sharpened. Three of these were of my hometown as we flew over it and considering that they were shot through perspex and reinforced glass, maybe I shouldn’t be complaining. But the edited results on Picasa were amazing! Thanks in advance for any suggestions or advice.

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:51:47 +0100, "eugene"
wrote:

I wonder does anyone here ever use Google’s Picasa program for editing. I took hundreds of photos in Lanzarote last week and edited them in Picasa with great results. However, a few of the pics were slightly out of focus but the "sharpening" edit in Picasa is quite unbelievable. The problem is, they only remain sharpened when using Picasa (apparently this is a glitch in the program) and the sharpenening can’t be saved. So what I want to know is, does anybody know of a similar program or a plug-in for PS? I just cannot get the same kind of sharpness using PS filter but maybe I am not using it properly. I took over a thousand shots when on holiday and there are only about six that I really need sharpened. Three of these were of my hometown as we flew over it and considering that they were shot through perspex and reinforced glass, maybe I shouldn’t be complaining. But the edited results on Picasa were amazing! Thanks in advance for any suggestions or advice.

Do you have Photoshop? If so, then to sharpen a picture, go to Filter….Sharpen…..and select the Unsharp Mask. In the boxes there select a radius of 1, a Threshold of 8, and then move the Percent slider up and down until you get the level of sharpening you need.(it’s usually less than 100%).

Talker

"eugene" wrote in message

No cattle or sheep in Lanzarote either………guess with there being no grass to feed them

What’s the attraction then?

Gummo

You said you had the problem worked out, but you didn’t tell us how. How about giving the rest of us the information?