From the course: Processing Large Scale Black-and-White Photographs with Aperture
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Output sharpening
From the course: Processing Large Scale Black-and-White Photographs with Aperture
Output sharpening
The final step before sending off your file for print is output sharpening. While your file may already be quite sharp, output sharpening is specifically designed for printing and will compensate for some of the sharpness lost that will happen in the printing process. So while the output sharpened image may look a little bit over sharpened on your screen, if done properly, it will be done specifically for the printing type that you're going to be using and the final result should look much better. There are lots of different ways you can do output sharpening. You can do it directly inside of Aperture if you're an Aperture user, or you can use Photoshop's own tools, or there are several other sharpening tools available in the market. The one that I want to talk about today comes from a company called Pixel Genius. Pixel Genius has been making this PhotoKit 2.0 Sharpener for quite some time and it is widely recognized as one of the best sharpening toolkits that money can buy. So let's…
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