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Re: Lenses and sharpening

Savageduck
SubjectRe: Lenses and sharpening
FromSavageduck
Date09/15/2014 21:44 (09/15/2014 12:44)
Message-ID<2014091512444313511-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>
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Newsgroupsrec.photo.digital
FollowsFloyd L. Davidson

On 2014-09-15 18:44:13 +0000, floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) said:

Floyd L. Davidson
nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>wrote:

nospam
In article <877g1425ym.fld@barrow.com>, Floyd L. Davidson <floyd@apaflo.com>wrote:

Floyd L. Davidson
UnSharpMask is not reversible.

nospam
it is with a non-destructive workflow.

Floyd L. Davidson
I'm sorry that you don't understand the meaning of that.

nospam
i absolutely do know the meaning, since it's all i use.

it's you who doesn't understand what a non-destructive workflow means

Floyd L. Davidson
A non-destructive workflow means you can *undo* and then *redo*.

That is not a reversible function.

For example, you can add sharpening with a high pass sharpen tool to an image, save it as a JPEG, send it to someone else, and they can use a blur tool to reverse the sharpen.

If the sharpening is done with UnsharpMask that cannot be done. USM is not reversible.

Certainly not as a saved JPEG. However, there are ways of readjusting USM, or removing it if you use *Smart Objects* in PS, or even just regular adjustment layers in PS or other software saved with layers intact as a PSD or TIF.

-- Regards,

Savageduck