For sharpening images, the method I've always used is similar to above, but a little different.
1.) Go to channels and select the most crisp-looking. Usually it's green, especially if you're talking Buffy screencaps. Copy it and paste it to a new layer. Make sure you hit RGB so all channels are visible before going back to layers view.
2.) Select the Green (or whatever layer you copied) and run a high pass filter on it. You want it so just the edges are visible. Typically it's around .8-1.2.
3.) Unsharp Mask filter it. Just enough to make it crisp.
4.) Set the layer to Overlay or Soft Light.
It'll be sharper, but without all the noisiness you get from processing all the layers with the sharpen filter.
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Date: 2016-06-06 02:20 am (UTC)For sharpening images, the method I've always used is similar to above, but a little different.
1.) Go to channels and select the most crisp-looking. Usually it's green, especially if you're talking Buffy screencaps. Copy it and paste it to a new layer. Make sure you hit RGB so all channels are visible before going back to layers view.
2.) Select the Green (or whatever layer you copied) and run a high pass filter on it. You want it so just the edges are visible. Typically it's around .8-1.2.
3.) Unsharp Mask filter it. Just enough to make it crisp.
4.) Set the layer to Overlay or Soft Light.
It'll be sharper, but without all the noisiness you get from processing all the layers with the sharpen filter.