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Looking for a good sharpening plugin and noise reduct. for photoshop cs2.
Have a trouble Sharpening at photoshop.Prints of blue sky e.t.c. is owersharpened all the time,noise,grain,some dificultee areas are hard to fix,like around fur,hair and blue backround,
Any good choice please??
Petr

You might want to look at PhotoKit Sharpener from PixelGenius.

http://www.pixelgenius.com/sharpener/index.html

Rene

I use FocalBlade at times with pretty good results....

http://thepluginsite.com/products/photowiz/focalblade/

Pixelgenius look well but 99$ for plugin,
will try them and will see!!!!!
Thanks
PP

Not to confuse the question, there are 2 other noise reduction programs that have plugins for PS. Both of these get very good reviews.

Noise Ninja
http://www.picturecode.com/

Neat Image
http://www.neatimage.com/

I've used the standalone version of Neat Image and have been satisfied with the results. Currently I use a custom PS action (non-commercial), I'll probably switch to one of the above with the next upgrade to CS3.

Above Aerial Photo Sharpened with Fred Miranda's CS Pro Photoshop Plugin (available for Canon and Nikon DSLRs for both Mac and PC).
http://www.fredmiranda.com/software/
michlob

That's way oversharpened, the aliasing is really bad. I just use USM on a duplicated background, set to luminosity blending, with 110%, radius 0.2, and threshold 1, run that until I'm satisfied, then back off the opacity a little bit.

I use Noiseware Pro and love it. They have a free demo but it puts grids over the image. And Unsharp Mask for sharpening. You can create an action with both of these as well.

I really think Photoshop's own smart sharpen plugin, used in advanced mode, is more than fantastic for sharpening images. It provides noise free sharpening along with separate control over shadows and highlights. I really recommend giving it a shot.

Follow-up to Noiseware recommendation

From December 2006 Layers Magazine and Scott Kelby's Ten Things You Can't Live Without

He recommends:
Noiseware Professional: This Photoshop plug-in works miracles when it comes to removing noise from a photo. Not only does it remove nearly all visible noise, it does it wtihout overly softening the photo. $69 http://www.imagenomic.com

There is a trial version with gridlines until you purchase and activate.

HTH--Rene

i use Fred Miranda's "CSpro" also and am happy with it and would recommend it to anyone. of course, no matter what method you choose, over-sharpening is always a possibility (and always subjective).
i've tried various "trials" of more expensive programs, and Fred's 20 dollar "CSpro" holds it's own and works fine for me. beats USM any day.

Hi folks,i did bought some NIK sharpening software,i thing is not bad,anyway,thanx to everyone for help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Petr

You know the superior sharpening method utilizes the "hi pass" option on a duped layer on top of the orig. The layer mode is changed from normal to soft light or overlay. Then adjust the layer opacity. Then, obviously combine both and flatten.

Sharpening needs to be adjusted for the type of paper. Glossy paper requires a lot less. Matte watercolor requires more.

Avoid sharpening broad areas that aren't sharply focused i.e. the sky or trees off in the distance.

Scott Kelby has a lot of info on sharpening and so does the Luminous Landscape web page.

Thanx for tip,will try!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards
Petr

halesr wrote:Follow-up to Noiseware recommendation

From December 2006 Layers Magazine and Scott Kelby's Ten Things You Can't Live Without

He recommends:
Noiseware Professional: This Photoshop plug-in works miracles when it comes to removing noise from a photo. Not only does it remove nearly all visible noise, it does it wtihout overly softening the photo. $69 http://www.imagenomic.com

There is a trial version with gridlines until you purchase and activate.

HTH--Rene

I tried the big 3 -- Noise Ninja, Neat Image, and Noiseware. There
was no contest (for me) in ease of use and fantastic control, with
Noiseware, without the cost of the oversoftening I got with the others.
I went ahead and bought Noiseware Pro.

I agree that it's best just to sharpen the areas that need it.

Just read that going into LAB mode and sharpening the luminosity layer
will do nicely without affecting the colors. Haven't tried it though.