fino Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 I've been looking on the web for info or a tutorial on using the unsharp mask in FlexColor but to no avail. Can anyone familiar with FlexColor and particularly the Texture / Unsharp Mask menus offer some advice on getting the best results? Fintan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 wait until you have the image in Photoshop to do your USM or other sharpening routines. i recommend usingthe Photokit Sharpener Expert toolkit for sharpening. It breaks the iamge sharpening pocess ino three components; Capture, Custom (I rarely use this but have seen it used to godd effect), and finally targeted outut sharpening. each of these steps works works as a layer whcih means that not only is it very tunable to a specific image, you can talso you can toggle it on and off to see the effect of what you are doing, and until you flatten the layers it is removable. It is the best "sharpening" plug in on the market. The reason I don't like to use the USM tool in Flexcolor, Capture 1, Nikon Capture, Adobe Camera Raw, Bibble, or anyother 'raw' converter isthat it is irrevocable so if you realize you've made a mistake about how much USM or Sharpening you've applied you have to start fro mthe raw capture again. That wastes time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff.grant Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 This is the only Imacon stuff that I have stumbled across: http://www.photoworkshop.com/registered/pages/digital_img13.html On my scanner, I don't use it at all. I have USM set off and am happy with the results. The conventional wisdom is that to set it off completely it should be set to -120 and and set on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fino Posted May 15, 2005 Author Share Posted May 15, 2005 Thanks for the replies. BTW I use FlexColor with a digital back and not a scanner. If anyone else has any more info, I'd be glad to hear it. Fintan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne_firth2 Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 There should be a video tutorial on the Flexcolor disk that came with your back. If you don't have it, your dealer should be able to get you one. BTW, nothing is irreversible with FlexColor. Just go back to the .fff file and start over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_shipes Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 There are many ways to work a sharpening into a digital file. Many publications discuss that it is better to apply no sharpening and to work it after the files have been processed and are opened into photoshop. And, certainly, the third-party programs perform well. Flexcolor software was originally designed as a driver for the extremely high-end Imacon scanners and the unsharp routines were written with this in mind. I have had over four years experience with the software and have gone the gamut from using, not using this feature. My conclusion is that it performs exceedingly well with a minimum of fringing when applied carefully. And, the advantage to using the features in Flexcolor is that it is not permanent, and can be applied differently for different file output sizes. I would experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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