I just did a bunch of tests myself. I had a multi step action which I had used but which always looked to gritty to me. I experimented and found I preferred to downsize using Bicubic smoother all in one step from a 5116 wide to 900 wide and then apply Topaz with all settings at 0.03 which is a very mild sharpen.
My workflow does all other sharpen in ACR (don\'t have LR). I have 50, .06 7 and mask at 50 and slide the mask. Clarity 20 is the only other sharpening used. None in Photoshop after opening and until downsizing.
I am a recovering over sharpener.
The real issue is too much compression to start with. When will the web grow up and allow at least 1800 wide? The guys with 36mpixels don\'t have a chance to show us what they can do.
Oct 25, 2012 at 04:36 PM
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