Why aren't my photos getting that "crisp" feel to them?

[Robin Usagani]

Yeah man.. dont be a pixel peeper.

 

[KmH]

Sharpening is a fairly technical process. Experts recommend it be done in stages - globally and locally at Raw conversion, locally in photoshop, and then again at output based on usage.

The experts that wrote the sharpening software for Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) wrote this book - Real World Image Sharpening with Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Lightroom (2nd Edition)

 

[Ernicus]

Do you have Imagenomic Noisware professional adding for photoshop? It is a phenomenal tool for fixing noise issues...especially high iso noise.

How would a noise removal software make a picture sharper?

My comment was in reference to the noise discussion of the thread, not the sharpness. Nowhere did I say it would make the image sharper....pretty sure I wrote...as you quoted "It is a phenomenal tool for fixing noise issues".....

 

[KmH]

Noise reduction (heads) and sharpening (tails) are just the 2 sides of the same coin.

 

[Ernicus]

I thought they were closely related and had a push-pull affect. I am still learning this part of it, so I didn't want to comment further on it, other than what I had stated, especially if I was wrong. LOL.

 

[KBM1016]

Let me take a look at it again. The church was super dark to the high ISO was kinda necessary. Maybe it is the noise that is just bothering me.

 

[KBM1016]

your photos are "not ok to edit" so no one can show you how to help you.

I am the type that learns by doing. I would rather someone suggest how to fix it (through reading materials or software) rather than fix it for me and tell me how to do it. That's the only reason they are marked don't edit. I have gotten some great advice this way

 

[KBM1016]

Do you have Imagenomic Noisware professional adding for photoshop? It is a phenomenal tool for fixing noise issues...especially high iso noise.

Winner winner chicken dinner!!!! This tool just saved my sanity.....SOOOOOO much better. Thanks!!!

 

[Ernicus]

Do you have Imagenomic Noisware professional adding for photoshop? It is a phenomenal tool for fixing noise issues...especially high iso noise.

Winner winner chicken dinner!!!! This tool just saved my sanity.....SOOOOOO much better. Thanks!!!

I'm glad you like. To me, it is indeed phenomenal. There are sooo many options in there and it is way more powerful that what I use it for. I've only had it a week so I still have lots of learning to do yet on it.

 

[Robin Usagani]

I believe it that you are able to remove the noise.. not sure about "sharpness". Let's see it.

 

[Ernicus]

You can fix and affect sharpness with that tool as well, I just don't know how to do it yet as I'm learning it. I have seen it done though locally.

 

[yerlem]

I thought removing noise made the image less sharp.... I'm confused

 

[Ernicus]

I thought removing noise made the image less sharp.... I'm confused

Not always, it's a fine balance...and at times can improve the overall appearance and sharpness of an image...as there are many things involved in a "sharp" image. I can't really explain it better, but I have a small comprehension of it from learning on here and listening to people in person that talk about it.

Maybe someone with extra time can give us all a lesson...ahem..not saying names...Keith...ahem.

 

[KBM1016]

I realized that part of the problem was I was getting this weird jagged edge appearing as if the pictures were pixalated from sharpening. I was seriously getting frustrated. I had to have my tech husband look and tell me what might be causing the jaggedness. He said it looked like a compression issue (which then immediatly I realized he was right but don't tell him that). Come find out, when I was cropping the image, it was compressing it at the same time! Got rid of that, ran a few clean ups in PS then ran the noise reduction software and VIOLA! Much better. Sanity restored (somewhat).

 

[TCampbell]

Do you have Imagenomic Noisware professional adding for photoshop? It is a phenomenal tool for fixing noise issues...especially high iso noise.

OMG Thanks for posting this... I was about to say "was" a phenomenal tool because I thought they had abandoned the product. I had Noiseware 4 which worked with Photoshop CS4, but when Adobe released CS5 it stopped working (and how here Adobe is with CS6) and users were fairly upset that there had been no updates even a year later.

I see they FINALLY released Noiseware 5 which works with CS4, 5, & 6 and it claims it's a free upgrade for owners of Noiseware 4. Maybe I can finally start using it again.