wait... wait... you mean you use unsharp to sharpen the image? That makes no sense!!!

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ned.... i would have thought you would have known that unsharp masking is a sharpening technique with its roots back in film

Unsharp masking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

however I do agree that it is an unfortunate choice of name


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I need to take a hands-on PS course....I have the original PS CS and still struggle. Was trying to use it last night to process an IR image into a decent colour one and failed miserably.... I'm not good at following on-line tutorials.

Here's my two cents: Since you mention that you have Lightroom (not sure which version), that's the best place to do image-wide adjustments. Like a previous poster said, he does 95% of his work in LR, and that tracks with my experiences. I often don't need to go beyond it. If you're looking for a small list of things in PS to hone in on, learn layers, selections, and the basic pixel-level tools like cloning and healing. These are much of the strength of PS.

If you get a chance to go to a NAPP/Scott Kelby seminar, take it. You'll learn a lot, even in one day.

Lesson No 1:

Find out what you think you need to learn and then halve it so it becomes manageable.

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