I got the update today and tried it out on two images. These are my thoughts but keep in mind I'm very new to LR and nowhere near a seasoned power user. Overall I thought the sharpening did a good job but perhaps a little strong here or there. I couldn't find any way to fine tune the effect once it was applied. There is also a check box to simultaneously apply de-noise during the sharpening. This I did not care for at all. It seemed to leave a lot of noise behind and I thought the de-noise that was already part of LR was much better. Again, I'm not sure there is anyway to fine tune the amount after it's applied. There's probably a lot of nuance I'm missing so, I'll keep playing.
I have not tried the $$Topaz sharpener in Lightroom/ACR, because I gave up on Topaz long ago. Topaz sharpening is very inconsistent. It will do a good job on some parts of an image but make garbage in other parts. So you have to pixel peep the entire image to see if it's useable. That's very time consuming. Topaz Sharpen seems to have the most trouble with areas of very fine detail, which often get grossly over sharpened.
I don't use Lr....at all....so I can't offer any suggestions about using it.
I do, however, use Ps for my sharpening routine. I use a particular series of steps that involves creating a layer, applying a specific sharpening filter (unsharp mask) at a particular strength to that layer, then modifying the blending strength of that sharpening on that layer, then flattening that layer into the original layer. It takes longer to type it up than it does to actually do it.
If Lr offers the use of layers you might try that.
LarryBeemer wrote:
I don't use Lr....at all....so I can't offer any suggestions about using it.
I do, however, use Ps for my sharpening routine. I use a particular series of steps that involves creating a layer, applying a specific sharpening filter (unsharp mask) at a particular strength to that layer, then modifying the blending strength of that sharpening on that layer, then flattening that layer into the original layer. It takes longer to type it up than it does to actually do it.
If Lr offers the use of layers you might try that.
