jaapv Posted August 31, 2012 Share #1 Posted August 31, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Resizing for the web - it is very hard to tame the sharpening... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jip Posted August 31, 2012 Share #2 Posted August 31, 2012 No problems here actually... using CS6 too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share #3 Posted September 1, 2012 I found the problem. When resizing for the web one should choose bicubic smoother, instead of the default bicubic automatic or bicubic sharper. Can I change that default? Otherwise I'll make an action. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted September 8, 2012 Share #4 Posted September 8, 2012 Maybe I'm missing something but the ONLY thing that the Photoshop Gurus out there agree on is that you should only sharpen after you have the final output size. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalArts 99 Posted September 8, 2012 Share #5 Posted September 8, 2012 you should only sharpen after you have the final output size. I was trained to do this also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted September 9, 2012 Share #6 Posted September 9, 2012 I found the problem. When resizing for the web one should choose bicubic smoother, instead of the default bicubic automatic or bicubic sharper. Can I change that default? Otherwise I'll make an action. Yes, just use the drop down menu, change to 'Bicubic Smoother' and it should stick from then on. This caught me out when I started with CS6, I couldn't understand why the sharpening was awful. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_R Posted September 9, 2012 Share #7 Posted September 9, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) With PS, resizing works best with a two-step - bicubic - L channel - smart sharpen action for me: first, convert to LAB and resize to 2800 wide bicubic. Then select the L channel, and smart sharpen. Then, resize again to 1400 wide using bicubic (this is my monitor size, you can change this to 2400 and 1200 for example). Again, smart sharpen. This is my "quick and dirty" solution, makes 90% the quality of my preferred solution: Lanczos 64 algorithm for a single step resize, done separately with a software called "SAR Image Processor". Then a very slight smart sharpen of the L channel in CS. Carsten Carsten Ranke Photography Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share #8 Posted September 10, 2012 Maybe I'm missing something but the ONLY thing that the Photoshop Gurus out there agree on is that you should only sharpen after you have the final output size. Of course, but that was not what I was referring to, I meant the result of resizing before sharpening. The strange thing is that I was used to get the best result for the web by resizing by cropping the whole image down to 960 px. in CS5. With CS6 this technique will oversharpen the image, as will resizing down using the default setting of bicubic sharper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted September 10, 2012 Share #9 Posted September 10, 2012 Got it, figured I was missing something. Funny, I just took a look. I had always used Bicubic Smoother even thought the parentheses tell you best for enlargement. I just assumed that no sharpening would be done or at best, the least amount. It sticks to "Bicubic Automatic" now (I can change with the drop down), which I have been using all along. This is obviously what I have been using to resize probably 300 images+, and I haven't noticed any problems. I will look in Kelby's Book or Jullieane Kost's site and see what the have to say later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted September 11, 2012 Share #10 Posted September 11, 2012 Just resize down with auto or sharper. Then sharpen at lowish radius, .5 pixel and adjust the amount. If you go a bit over, use edit, fade sharpening IMMEDIATELY, AND YOU CAN TAME IT SOME. I do not use "save for web" except to post images here where I have to watch file size. Some servers mess with files to save space and all your good work goes to pot. But no, CS6 seems to work fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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