Simple and organized, I like it! I have a bad habit of jumping all over the place and probably not ending with the best model sometimes. This is so logical! Thanks for another great tip.
Hi Shlomo ... you could use all four quadrants if you like, with one of them being an alternate setting for a primary sharpening model. I prefer to start with the 3 primary models (Motion Blur, Out Of Focus, Too Soft) as a first pass. Funnel the photo through that. Then a second pass within the model that works best. Either way will get you to your sharpest image.
My problem is that I almost always over-sharpen. It looks good while I'm in Topaz but later, when I look at the photo, it is obviously over-sharp. I was wondering if you have a general rule of thumb or method to avoid this? Yeah, I can go take a break and then come back but that really doesn't fit my workflow very well. I guess that is better than having to start from scratch again later. Do you ever find yourself over-sharpening and do you have any tips to prevent it?
Hi Philip... I haven't had that experience with sharpening. I did have a tendency to over-apply local contrast a few years back. I'd built up a 'tolerance' to contrast and felt like I had to add more and more. My solution was once I thought the image was good, I'd back off contrast by 5% or so, because I knew I'd likely gone too far. Temet nosce.
Simple and organized, I like it! I have a bad habit of jumping all over the place and probably not ending with the best model sometimes. This is so logical! Thanks for another great tip.
Glad you found it helpful!
Honestly, I leave Topaz choose the model for me. 99% of the times, it gets it right
Thanks Scott
Good feedback. And if that's working ... great! Go with it.
Great video. I wonder why you only compare 3 models and not all of the 4.
Hi Shlomo ... you could use all four quadrants if you like, with one of them being an alternate setting for a primary sharpening model. I prefer to start with the 3 primary models (Motion Blur, Out Of Focus, Too Soft) as a first pass. Funnel the photo through that. Then a second pass within the model that works best. Either way will get you to your sharpest image.
My problem is that I almost always over-sharpen. It looks good while I'm in Topaz but later, when I look at the photo, it is obviously over-sharp. I was wondering if you have a general rule of thumb or method to avoid this? Yeah, I can go take a break and then come back but that really doesn't fit my workflow very well. I guess that is better than having to start from scratch again later. Do you ever find yourself over-sharpening and do you have any tips to prevent it?
Hi Philip... I haven't had that experience with sharpening. I did have a tendency to over-apply local contrast a few years back. I'd built up a 'tolerance' to contrast and felt like I had to add more and more. My solution was once I thought the image was good, I'd back off contrast by 5% or so, because I knew I'd likely gone too far. Temet nosce.