Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Ultra-Sharpen 7 vs. Intellisharpen II

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Ultra-Sharpen 7 vs. Intellisharpen II

trondeh

2005-06-15, 7:14 am

Hi!

I have had a look at the new Ultra-Sharpen 7, and it seams to be very
interesting. I downloaded the .PSD sample file containing a layer that has
been sharpened with Ultrasharpen. I have tried to sharpen the unsharpened
original using different tools, as well as the FM Intellisharpen tool that
I mostly use for all my sharpening. However, it seams that the result with
Ultrasharpen in better than what I am able to accomplish with
Intellisharpen.

Has anybody any experience with Ultra-Sharpen? It is so cheap ($15), that I
might buy it anyway only to try it out. Any opinions would be appreciated.

Regards
Trond

Scruff

2005-06-15, 7:15 pm

"trondeh" <skubidi-news@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> I have had a look at the new Ultra-Sharpen 7, and it seams to be very
> interesting. I downloaded the .PSD sample file containing a layer that has
> been sharpened with Ultrasharpen. I have tried to sharpen the unsharpened
> original using different tools, as well as the FM Intellisharpen tool that
> I mostly use for all my sharpening. However, it seams that the result with
> Ultrasharpen in better than what I am able to accomplish with
> Intellisharpen.
>
> Has anybody any experience with Ultra-Sharpen? It is so cheap ($15), that
I
> might buy it anyway only to try it out. Any opinions would be appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Trond
I use ultra sharpen. It works great on almost anything. I use it mostly on
pics after I've reduced to 72ppi for the web.

Johan W. Elzenga

2005-06-15, 7:16 pm

trondeh <skubidi-news@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have had a look at the new Ultra-Sharpen 7, and it seams to be very
> interesting. I downloaded the .PSD sample file containing a layer that has
> been sharpened with Ultrasharpen. I have tried to sharpen the unsharpened
> original using different tools, as well as the FM Intellisharpen tool that
> I mostly use for all my sharpening. However, it seams that the result with
> Ultrasharpen in better than what I am able to accomplish with
> Intellisharpen.
>
> Has anybody any experience with Ultra-Sharpen? It is so cheap ($15), that I
> might buy it anyway only to try it out. Any opinions would be appreciated.

I compared it to the new Smart Sharpen in Photoshop CS2, and decided
that Photoshop Smart Sharpen is clearly better.

--
Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl
Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

Scruff

2005-06-15, 7:16 pm

"Johan W. Elzenga" <nomail@please.invalid> wrote in message
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> trondeh <skubidi-news@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I compared it to the new Smart Sharpen in Photoshop CS2, and decided
> that Photoshop Smart Sharpen is clearly better.
>
>
> --
> Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl
> Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

I have PS7, so unless Smart sharpen is a plugin I can't try it.

Hecate

2005-06-15, 7:16 pm

On 15 Jun 2005 09:36:38 +0200, trondeh <skubidi-news@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Hi!
>
>I have had a look at the new Ultra-Sharpen 7, and it seams to be very
>interesting. I downloaded the .PSD sample file containing a layer that has
>been sharpened with Ultrasharpen. I have tried to sharpen the unsharpened
>original using different tools, as well as the FM Intellisharpen tool that
>I mostly use for all my sharpening. However, it seams that the result with
>Ultrasharpen in better than what I am able to accomplish with
>Intellisharpen.
>
>Has anybody any experience with Ultra-Sharpen? It is so cheap ($15), that I
>might buy it anyway only to try it out. Any opinions would be appreciated.
>
>Regards
>Trond

I prefer Brainsharpen. You go to image/filter/sharpen/USM and use
your brain.

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Mike Russell

2005-06-16, 4:15 am

Hecate wrote:
....
> I prefer Brainsharpen. You go to image/filter/sharpen/USM and use
> your brain.

Easy for you to say, Hecate, since you have such a fine one :-)
--
Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com

Johan W. Elzenga

2005-06-16, 7:17 pm

"Scruff" <Get @ Grip> wrote:

> I have PS7, so unless Smart sharpen is a plugin I can't try it.

It's a new Photoshop CS2 plugin, but it won't run on older versions of
Photoshop.

--
Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl
Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

trondeh

2005-06-16, 7:17 pm

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Johan W. Elzenga wrote:

> I compared it to the new Smart Sharpen in Photoshop CS2, and decided
> that Photoshop Smart Sharpen is clearly better.

You can also use smart-sharpen with an advanced action for CS2. It then uses
smart-sharpen instead of unsharp for the final sharpening. As Ultrasharpen
is an action, you can of course do everything yourself (brainsharpen :-),
but as far as I have figured out, it is the way the masks are made that
makes Ultrasharpen really usefull.

By the way, I forked-out the $15 for it. So far, my initial impression is
that it does a better job than Intellisharpen II. You have total controll
of the sharpening process, and it seams to be easier to get the exact
results you want then with a simple automatic one-size-fits-all(none)
plug-in. It comes with a set of actions that sets "sensible" default values
that allows it to run fully automatized with no user intervention if
required.

Trond

Scruff

2005-06-16, 7:17 pm

"Mike Russell" <RE-MOVEmike@Curvemeister.comRE-MOVE> wrote in message
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> Hecate wrote:
> ...
>
> Easy for you to say, Hecate, since you have such a fine one :-)
> --
> Mike Russell
> www.curvemeister.com

So is that it? She has a brainsharpen plug-in installed on her?

Mike Russell

2005-06-16, 7:17 pm

Scruff wrote:
> "Mike Russell" <RE-MOVEmike@Curvemeister.comRE-MOVE> wrote in message
> news:_b8se.1984$NU5.80@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
>
> So is that it? She has a brainsharpen plug-in installed on her?

Yes, with 150 percent sharpen.

And others - I won't mention names - have a brain blur installed, radius 100
:-)
--

Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com

Hecate

2005-06-16, 11:17 pm

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 08:47:14 -0400, "Scruff" <Get @ Grip> wrote:

>
>"Mike Russell" <RE-MOVEmike@Curvemeister.comRE-MOVE> wrote in message
>news:_b8se.1984$NU5.80@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
>
>So is that it? She has a brainsharpen plug-in installed on her?
>
LOL!

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