Processing RAW I was processing a photo shot in RAW format by Salil, while doing so I noticed I could barely notice ...

Yogesh Sarkar · 05-12-06, 01:47 PM

I was processing a photo shot in RAW format by Salil, while doing so I noticed I could barely notice any sharpening no matter how much I tried.

So here is my question to all those who shoot in RAW, do you guys sharpen the image which in RAW or once you have converted it jpeg?

SKSy_Biker · 05-12-06, 08:00 PM

I do sharpen the images. Do you use the unsharp mask tool? I do see significant gain.

Unlike consumer cams the SLRs do not usually sharpen the image a lot. Most of it is done in post processing. Which software and option do you use?

Yogesh Sarkar · 05-12-06, 08:07 PM

I was using Photoshop CS 2?s raw converter, there is no option for unsharpmask in raw mode. It is only available once I converted the image to jpeg. In the raw converter there was an option for sharpening the image, however it had little if any effect. However once I converted to jpeg, sharpening had quite an effect.

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SKSy_Biker Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bangalore, India Posts: 402	I do sharpen the images. Do you use the unsharp mask tool? I do see significant gain. Unlike consumer cams the SLRs do not usually sharpen the image a lot. Most of it is done in post processing. Which software and option do you use?

05-12-06, 08:07 PM	#3
Yogesh Sarkar Administrator Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Delhi, India Posts: 22,283	I was using Photoshop CS 2?s raw converter, there is no option for unsharpmask in raw mode. It is only available once I converted the image to jpeg. In the raw converter there was an option for sharpening the image, however it had little if any effect. However once I converted to jpeg, sharpening had quite an effect.