Comments on: Lightroom Sharpening – Which Brush to use? http://lightroomkillertips.com/2009/lightroom-sharpening-which-brush-to-use/ Online Photoshop Lightroom Tutorials and Tips with Matt Kloskowski Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:34:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Atique http://lightroomkillertips.com/2009/lightroom-sharpening-which-brush-to-use/#comment-10359 Atique Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:03:52 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=1824#comment-10359 Hi, I can't find where one can post Q&A question to be answered. Anyway, my question is when I bring the 16Bit image from Lightroom to Photoshop (using Edit with Lightroom Adjustments) and then in Photoshop I convert to 8Bit Mode to apply some filters. When I do a SAVE AS JPEG in Photoshop my end result loses the contrast and the images looks flat, dull and blackish. What is the proper way to do it? Should I bring my images from Lightroom already in 8Bit? How would you do it? Hi, I can’t find where one can post Q&A question to be answered. Anyway, my question is when I bring the 16Bit image from Lightroom to Photoshop (using Edit with Lightroom Adjustments) and then in Photoshop I convert to 8Bit Mode to apply some filters. When I do a SAVE AS JPEG in Photoshop my end result loses the contrast and the images looks flat, dull and blackish. What is the proper way to do it? Should I bring my images from Lightroom already in 8Bit? How would you do it?

]]> By: amz http://lightroomkillertips.com/2009/lightroom-sharpening-which-brush-to-use/#comment-10358 amz Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:34:29 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=1824#comment-10358 Selective sharpening is standard practice in portrait retouching - you want the skin 'soft' (e.g. negative clarity in LR), but the nostrils, eyes, and mouth crisp... I agree with Matt in that I like my Intuos4 better in PS (more control), but these days I do about 95% of all my stuff in LR, including the sharpening. Selective sharpening is standard practice in portrait retouching – you want the skin ’soft’ (e.g. negative clarity in LR), but the nostrils, eyes, and mouth crisp…

I agree with Matt in that I like my Intuos4 better in PS (more control), but these days I do about 95% of all my stuff in LR, including the sharpening.

]]> By: Julian Roberts http://lightroomkillertips.com/2009/lightroom-sharpening-which-brush-to-use/#comment-10357 Julian Roberts Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:22:28 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=1824#comment-10357 Matt Great article and very helpful. Incidentally, are you using PS's unsharpen mask or a plug-in like Sharpener Pro? Thanks Julian Matt

Great article and very helpful. Incidentally, are you using PS’s unsharpen mask or a plug-in like Sharpener Pro?

Thanks

Julian

]]> By: Dennis Zito http://lightroomkillertips.com/2009/lightroom-sharpening-which-brush-to-use/#comment-10356 Dennis Zito Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:06:11 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=1824#comment-10356 Hi Matt, I really like your honesty on this! I know you do a lot of work in LR and use PS also, and I understand why. You have grown up with PS and knowing how it works for you is cool! I, on the other hand, have grown up with LR and not PS. So I use LR for just about everything, except when I need to do something with layers, then I head to PS. I'm not very good with PS so I stay way from it. For me it is a time waster. My comfort zone is in LR because the workflow is logical and easy to understand and use. PS to me is confusing. The terms don't make sense, too many ways to do one simple task. It's not for Photographers in my opinion, it made for graphic designers. I'll probably get stone for that comment. :-) I think it's a matter of comfort. I do all my sharpening in LR using both the adjustment brush and detail panel. I like the detail panel because I can hold down the alt key and see a gray scale of what I'm doing. I love the masking feature, it's awesome. I don't use PS at all for sharpening. Didn't mean to get off on a tangent here. Thanks for letting us know how you really do it, and letting us express our comments! Dennis Hi Matt,

I really like your honesty on this! I know you do a lot of work in LR and use PS also, and I understand why. You have grown up with PS and knowing how it works for you is cool! I, on the other hand, have grown up with LR and not PS. So I use LR for just about everything, except when I need to do something with layers, then I head to PS. I’m not very good with PS so I stay way from it. For me it is a time waster. My comfort zone is in LR because the workflow is logical and easy to understand and use. PS to me is confusing. The terms don’t make sense, too many ways to do one simple task. It’s not for Photographers in my opinion, it made for graphic designers. I’ll probably get stone for that comment. :-) I think it’s a matter of comfort. I do all my sharpening in LR using both the adjustment brush and detail panel. I like the detail panel because I can hold down the alt key and see a gray scale of what I’m doing. I love the masking feature, it’s awesome. I don’t use PS at all for sharpening. Didn’t mean to get off on a tangent here.

Thanks for letting us know how you really do it, and letting us express our comments!

Dennis

]]> By: Art Buesing http://lightroomkillertips.com/2009/lightroom-sharpening-which-brush-to-use/#comment-10355 Art Buesing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:52:46 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=1824#comment-10355 Matt I use your presets and greatly appreciate your work. I have a capture sharpening preset that I have begun to use. The settings are as follows: amount 60, radius 0.7, detail 25, masking 0. The preset is used early in the LR workfow. Any other sharpening in LR is the brush in the develop module and print sharpening in the print module. Thanks again. Matt
I use your presets and greatly appreciate your work. I have a capture sharpening preset that I have begun to use. The settings are as follows: amount 60, radius 0.7, detail 25, masking 0. The preset is used early in the LR workfow. Any other sharpening in LR is the brush in the develop module and print sharpening in the print module. Thanks again.

]]> By: Wade Holler http://lightroomkillertips.com/2009/lightroom-sharpening-which-brush-to-use/#comment-10354 Wade Holler Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:56:25 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=1824#comment-10354 As far as the sharpening as the last step, I thought that I had read that lightroom was cognizant of this and other order related adjustment idiosyncrasies and actually applied the changes in a methodical order on export...thoughts? As far as the sharpening as the last step, I thought that I had read that lightroom was cognizant of this and other order related adjustment idiosyncrasies and actually applied the changes in a methodical order on export…thoughts?

]]> By: gene lowinger http://lightroomkillertips.com/2009/lightroom-sharpening-which-brush-to-use/#comment-10353 gene lowinger Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:49:24 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=1824#comment-10353 Matt: Real World Image Sharpening by Fraser/Schewe is an awesome book on sharpening, and it addresses the Lightroom Sharpening thingy. Matt: Real World Image Sharpening by Fraser/Schewe is an awesome book on sharpening, and it addresses the Lightroom Sharpening thingy.

]]> By: Jack Kelley http://lightroomkillertips.com/2009/lightroom-sharpening-which-brush-to-use/#comment-10352 Jack Kelley Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:07:18 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=1824#comment-10352 All good to know. Thanks for the detailed answers, Matt. All good to know. Thanks for the detailed answers, Matt.

]]> By: Scott DS http://lightroomkillertips.com/2009/lightroom-sharpening-which-brush-to-use/#comment-10351 Scott DS Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:17:50 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=1824#comment-10351 All it means is we photographers have individual preferences in taking and processing our pictures, which is just how it should be. After 50 years in photography I never stop finding new things to do. I've learned a lot from mattk, many thanks. All it means is we photographers have individual preferences in taking and processing our pictures, which is just how it should be.
After 50 years in photography I never stop finding new things to do.
I’ve learned a lot from mattk, many thanks.

]]> By: Ron http://lightroomkillertips.com/2009/lightroom-sharpening-which-brush-to-use/#comment-10350 Ron Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:05:04 +0000 http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/?p=1824#comment-10350 I am a bit mixed when sharpening, I either add sharpening to the whole image in LR, or I use PS to add sharpening to select areas. I think the issue with LR is that its way to processor demanding and that affects the behavior of the brushes and sliders at times. Another thing I have noticed is color and density. what i see in LR never matches my RGB and color settings in PS. they usually look a bit lighter in LR than in PS. I hope adobe can somehow do what they did with all the other adobe apps that link the color settings globally between say PS and Illustrator. I know its not monitor calibration, what i see is always what i get. I am a bit mixed when sharpening, I either add sharpening to the whole image in LR, or I use PS to add sharpening to select areas. I think the issue with LR is that its way to processor demanding and that affects the behavior of the brushes and sliders at times. Another thing I have noticed is color and density. what i see in LR never matches my RGB and color settings in PS. they usually look a bit lighter in LR than in PS. I hope adobe can somehow do what they did with all the other adobe apps that link the color settings globally between say PS and Illustrator. I know its not monitor calibration, what i see is always what i get.

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