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<p>Just got an answer on another forum from the actual maker of the sharpener for LR4. He said to use PKS if possible when printing on Halftone.<br>

I also have another workflow question.<br>

I need to print some large photo books that I have designed in InDesign. The final pages all need to be sent as hi res JPGs. With that in mind, this is what I was thinking:<br>

1. Import images into LR4, color correct, capture sharpen, export without any sharpening at max size.<br>

2. Place images in InDesign, resize as necessary.<br>

3. Run a script that will resize all images placed in InDesign to 100%, run PKS, relink images to InDesign.<br>

4. Export InDesign pages to a PDF and then rasterize as JPGs. (There is an option to go directly to JPG in InDesign, but I prefer Photoshop doing the rasterizing and JPGs)<br>

Does that sound right to you?</p>

<p>With LR4, is it no longer necessary to use PK Sharpener? I need to publish several photo books on an HP Indigo (through a company I use called SharedInk) and I'd like to know the best route to take. I can either output sharpen all the images in LR4 or use PKS. I've been told that LR3 is optimized for Inkjet ouput only and not halftone. I'm unsure about LR4.<br>

Thanks.</p>

<p>I'm really interested in the Black Rapid sling strap, but wanted advice on all of my options. I need to carry my EOS 30D with lens attached and 1 additional lens.<br>

I purchased 2 bags so far and although they are good for their specific situations (Billingham Large Hadley, and Thinktank 360 Backpack), I haven't found the perfect solution for just walking around town. It's come down to wanting to travel as light as possible. That's why I was thinking the black rapid strap along with a lens pouch to hold the additional lens on my belt or slung around the opposite shoulder might be the lightest options. <br>

Do you think that is a viable option? Instead of a lens pouch, i was also thinking of getting a small bag that could just hold the camera and lens. When I'm sitting down at a restaurant, I could just put the camera away in the bag, but while walking around it could be on the black rapid strap?<br>

Thanks for any comments.</p>

<p>I am a little concerned that using PKS would not yield vastly different results compared to LR3. I actually did send a few test pages in with PKS and the matte low setting from LR3. I thought the images looked a little more pleasing from LR3. But perhaps I was misusing PKS and needed to scale back the sharpening?</p>

<p>I'll be printing on an HP Indigo. Do you think Photo Kit would be the best to use for that output?</p>

<p>I'd like to finish off a photo book I've been working on, but I'm undecided about how to output sharpen all of my images. Can I use the output sharpen option in Lightroom? Many say that this is only optimized for inkjet output though. Do I need to buy Nik Sharpener? Any opinions on this would be much appreciated.<br>

Thanks.</p>

<p>Thanks for the response. Now I won't go crazy over it!</p>

<p>I just purchased a 430 EX II and I noticed this strange mark on the plastic just above the battery door. It's nothing major, but just wasn't sure if this means it's defective? The flash is working fine, just being overly picky. Did anyone else notice a mark between where the two pieces of plastic meet up and right above the battery door?<br>

Thanks!</p>

<p>Sorry, I forgot to mention I have a EOS 30D. Quite old, but it still does everything I need it to do!</p>

<p>Hi! I just purchased the 430 EX II. I know very little about flash photography and wanted to learn a little bit more. I'm a little concerned I might have made the wrong choice by not getting the 580 EX II. Right now, I'm just using the flash to take portraits of my new puppy. I anticipate using it occasionally on vacation when I go on cruises. Do you think I made the right choice? I felt the 580 was overkill since I probably wouldn't be using it a huge amount.<br>

Thanks!</p>

<p>My initial reason for getting a video camera is the puppy, however I would definitely make good use of it on vacation as well. However, I know how annoying it can be to fumble around with 2 cameras. Isn't having just 1, like the MK II so much easier?</p>

<p>Thanks so much for such a detailed response. Judging from all the responses, it looks like there is no definite answer! But from all the info, it sounds like it would be easiest to film a moving target like a puppy with a dedicated camcorder. The camcorder would autofocus and auto adjust the exposure. It seems like the DSLR video route requires a little more planning before you actual shoot the video. Please correct me if I am wrong!</p>

<p>I never considered the fact that there is no autofocus! A dog moves around a lot, so I think I would need something that focus automatically!</p>

<p>No I have never used a DSLR for video. Do you think it's not practical to use it for puppy shots and vacation too?</p>

<p>I'm getting a puppy and want to start taking video of her! I'm just up in the air about what I should buy. Keep in mind I mostly just like to take stills, but a little video would be fun as well! Below are the options I was thinking:<br>

1. EOS 5D MK II<br>

2. Canon Vixia and wait for the MK III to come out or get a less expensive MK II because the MK III is out.<br>

3. Kodak Playsport and wait for the MK III to come out or get a less expensive MK II because the MK III is out.<br>

4. Canon Vixia or Playsport and just use the EOS 30D that I already own.<br>

Thanks for the help and advice.</p>

<p>I've been wavering back and forth about the best course of action to sharpen images for my photo books that will be printed on an HP Indigo at Sharedink. Do you think the below steps will yield good results?<br>

So far my process has been:</p>

<ol>

<li>Edit images in Lightroom (color correction, exposure adjustments, and capture sharpening, etc)</li>

<li>Output full sized tiffs (no output sharpening) to a folder and then import them into my Indesign layout.</li>

<li>Once finalized, I run a script to resize all images in InDesign to 100%.</li>

<li>I'd like to apply some output sharpening to these re-sized images and was wondering if importing the images into Lightroom and then exporting them with output sharpening set to Matte Low Setting would yield good results. I don't need a ton of sharpening. I'm just concerned that the Lightroom sharpening is not optimized for Halftone output.</li>

</ol>

<p>Thanks for any advice.</p>

<p>So in your opinion, the best way to get rid of that annoying jitter is to downsize your images to the appropriate size and to avoid oversharpening? (Maybe even blurring some images?)</p>

<p>When you say you downsize JPGS or Tifs, does it matter how large the JPGS are if you end up outputting an HD MP4? Doesn't it downsize the image when you're rendering the MP4?</p>

<p>I've been using FotoMagico for several months now and have discovered that when using the Ken Burns effect on slides being shown on my HDTV, the slides actually look a little better unsharpened. Images that are sharpened tend to flicker quite a bit on my tv. Has anyone else noticed this? Should I just not sharpen images for my HDTV slideshows?<br>

Thanks!</p>

<p>I've decided to ditch all my camera bags and just use a black rapid strap to carry my EOS 30D along with one additional lens that I was thinking of putting on my belt loop inside of a thinktank skins lens holder. My question is, what happens if it starts raining? What do people normally do in that case? How would you protect your camera? Do you carry around an additional little case for the camera too?<br>

Thanks for the help!</p>

<p>I create photobooks in InDesign and have them printed on an HP Indigo at an online printer. But I'm unsure about a good workflow and how to involve output sharpening.<br>

So far my process has been:<br>

1. Edit images in Lightroom (color correction and capture sharpening)<br>

2. Output full sized tiffs (no output sharpening) to a folder and then import them into my Indesign layout<br>

3. Once finalized, I make a high res PDF and then rasterize the PDF and save it out as a high quality JPG.<br>

I realize Output sharpening needs to get involved in this somewhere. Here are the two options I was toying with:<br>

Option 1: After finalizing my InDesign doc, I can go back into lightroom and re-export all the tiffs at the proper size with output sharpening applied. Then just update them in my InDesign doc and follow through with my 3rd step above. (Only issue with that is I have 100s of images in my book and this would be very time intensive and not automated at all.)<br>

Option 2: Instead of output sharpening each individual image, I could output sharpen the entire page. In step 3 above, I would make a PDF of the indesign pages, then rasterize them into tiffs, then output sharpen each page. Only problem with this is the fact that I have text on each page, and I'm concerned the text will not fair well with the output sharpening.<br /> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.</p>

 

<p>What's the best way to view your final images with noise reduction and sharpening applied in LR3? When I switch to Library view the only way the noise and sharpening get rendered is at 1:1. Do I have to zoom in 1:1 for every image? What's the best way to see your images with all the LR3 adjustments applied? Do I need to resort to exporting them out of lightroom and then viewing them through Bridge? <br>

Thanks for the help!</p>

 

 

<p>After upgrading to LR3 and updating to Process 2010, my images actually look noisier! I have to apply the luminance noise reduction to many of my images whereas in LR2 I didn't have to use any Luminance noise reduction for most of them.<br>

Am I just doing something wrong?</p>

 

 

 

<p>I keep getting the message "rendering: settings changed" when I click on my images in Lightroom 2. Why is that happening? The images are actually getting a little warmer in appearance after the new settings are rendered. Could this have to do with me re-calibrating my monitor? Or did I do something else wrong?</p>

 

 

<p>I have two Photoshop CS3/Lightroom 2.7 questions.</p>

<ol>

<li>When I stitch raw images together for a panorama, should I suppress all of lightroom's adjustments (Sharpening, noise reduction, exposure adjustment, etc), export to Photoshop, stitch together, then once the panorama is back in Lightroom use lightroom's adjustment tools?</li>

<li>When I need to edit a raw image in photoshop, same question as above, suppress the adjustments, edit in photoshop, and then once back in lightroom use the lightroom adjustment tools?</li>

</ol>

<p>Thanks.</p>