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 p.1 #1 · CS3 Up-rezzing Guru's needed! | |
Hi, I was wondering what a good workflow for uprezzing of photos should be, in terms of the overall image processing steps.
My general workflow is as follows:
ACR, just the usual exposure, WB etc and then brought into photoshop.
At this point I usually examine the image and see if there is any cloning or dust removal necessary and it is then done on a seperate layer.
Next, I will determine if there is any noise reduction to be done and this could be done in a variety of ways including using edge masks etc.
Finally, I use photokit sharpener and do an input sharpen as necessary, again with masks etc if necessary.
After this point, I will do the usual adjustment layers, local contrast enhancement, saturation etc, until I am happy with the overall image.
At this point I will do creative sharpening again with a variety of possible tools until I am happy.
So, I now have a number of layers and am ready for the final crop and uprezzing to my final print size. I usally do this at the last stage so that I can always change this if necessary. Of course, all of the adjustments are still available since I am using layers as much as possible.
However, I have pretty well determined that the quality of uprezzed images are much better if you uprez before you do anything else (except maybe noise reduction). I found this from comparing images with and without processing on a 4 times enlargement.
So here lies the question: If you crop and uprez before any processing, you are then stuck with having to do all of the whole procedure over if you wish to change crop or output.
Any ideas for the best of both worlds?
Thanks!
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