Real World Image Sharpening with Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Lightroom
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- ISBN13: 9780321637550
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Product Description
Just about every digital image requires sharpening since softness is inevitably introduced during the image digitizing process, and oftentimes with digital photography, images are sharpened badly. This second edition of the definitive book by the late Bruce Fraser teaches readers all they need to know about sharpening, including when to use it, why it’s needed, how to use the camera’s features, how to recognize an image that needs sharpening, how much to use, what’s… More >>
Real World Image Sharpening with Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Lightroom
For this specific topic, Fraser & Schewe have written the (so far) definitive work on the subject. Well written with good illustrations and examples.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this for my brother. It came quickly and was exactly what he wanted.
Rating: 5 / 5
It is a very easy job writing a review for this book, as it is simply the best explanation of digital photo sharpening I have ever seen. After reading it my understanding of the subject is totally changed and never again will I apply some undefined sharpening procedure to my photos as the book explains in a vivid way how to do this in an intelligent way. Simply the best.
Rating: 5 / 5
Real World Image Sharpening with Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Lightroom (2nd Edition) is the most thorough discussion I have ever come across on the subject. I belong to several photo clubs and the number one down fall of most competition prints I review is poor sharpening. Images either have not been sharpened or they are over sharpened to the point of looking “crunchy”. I recommend this book to anyone that takes his or her photography seriously. Unfortunately sharpening is not a flashy or exciting subject, but once you see how good your images really look when properly sharpened you will be glad you made the effort.
What I really like about this book is the multifaceted approach to the subject. The book opens with an explanation of what sharpening is and why we need to sharpen digital images. After explaining why you need to sharpen the authors proceed to walk you through a variety of sharpening strategies accompanied by numerous images. While the before and after images are not always illustrative as the text would have you believe, the results are very visible in full size real world prints once you start to apply the techniques discussed. Lastly, the focus moves on to various sharpening techniques and an in-depth explanation of putting the tools to work.
To me a review is most meaningful when you know a little something about the person writing the review. I became a full-time professional photographer in 2008, but have been an avid amateur photographer since the late 1970’s and have been selling my work since 2004. I started into photography with a pair of Minolta XD-11’s. I switched to Canon in 1999 and shot with a Canon 1VHS and 1D Mark II Professional Digital SLR until May of 2008. I currently shoot a Nikon D3 and while the Nikon files do have a different look directly out of the camera, in the end both the Canon and Nikon systems provide wonderful images once they have been worked in post process. I currently do my database and global image adjustment work in Adobe Lightroom 2 and all specialized postproduction is done in Adobe Photoshop CS4. I am toying with the idea of moving my database related work to Apple Aperture 2.
I am a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) and make extensive use of the abundant educational materials available on the member website. I have read well over three-dozen Photoshop training guides with one overriding goal in mind; producing the best images possible.
Rating: 5 / 5
The most comprehensive source I’ve seen on sharpening. As a professional photographer, many aspects of this book will be useful in helping me produce better images. At times, the material seems to be over-the-top technical, but that’s probably just me. If I read a passage over 10 times or more, eventually it sinks in. Kudos to Fraser and Schewe for a job well done!
Rating: 5 / 5