smart sharpen tool

[jeff lapoint]

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whats the rub with the new sharpen tool? i searched the forums and had little to no luck. is it pretty much USM with options for gaussian, lens, and motion blurs? i had a comfort zone with USM, but smart sharpen seems much more powerful.

how does the amount translate between USM and smarty pants? is 104% power, radius of 1, and threshold of 4 the same between the two?

please advise...

-jeff

[cletus]

first post in the photoshop forum...please be gentlehttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/icon10.gif


whats the rub with the new sharpen tool? i searched the forums and had little to no luck. is it pretty much USM with options for gaussian, lens, and motion blurs? i had a comfort zone with USM, but smart sharpen seems much more powerful.

how does the amount translate between USM and smarty pants? is 104% power, radius of 1, and threshold of 4 the same between the two?

please advise...

-jeff
Welcome to photoshop land :wave

Sorry I can't be much help, I'm Photoshop-less this weekend, and even then I seem to be about the only regular around here who hasn't upgraded to CS2.

Hang in there, I'm sure somebody will come up with an answer for you!

[DavidTO]

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whats the rub with the new sharpen tool? i searched the forums and had little to no luck. is it pretty much USM with options for gaussian, lens, and motion blurs? i had a comfort zone with USM, but smart sharpen seems much more powerful.

how does the amount translate between USM and smarty pants? is 104% power, radius of 1, and threshold of 4 the same between the two?

please advise...

-jeff

I don't know, but I think so. The cool thing that I've noticed is that if you click on advanced you can adjust the highlight and shadow amounts in order to avoid haloing.

[DavidTO]

You really should take a look at the tutorial that comes with CS2. Explains a bit about Smart Sharpen.

[jeff lapoint]

thanks david! will do

[Mike Lane]

If you have quicktime go to http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/tt-cs2/smart-sharpen-tutorial.html.