Re: Resolution and print quality

["Maris V. Lidaka Sr." <mlidaka@ameritech.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>I have had occasions where posterization occurred in the sky.  Personally I
selected the sky and applied a Gaussian blur and I don't really know what is
meant by "smart blur", but that would be my reason.

I also have never scanned a piece of film that didn't need sharpening for
print or for the web, but maybe it's my scanner - I have the Nikon LS-30.

You are more knowledgeable than I, but those are my reasons.

Maris

----- Original Message -----
From: "SKID Photography" <skid@bway.net>
To: <epson-inkjet@leben.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: Resolution and print quality


> Maris,
> Why would one need to 'smart blur' a sky, and what reasons do you give for
the
> "you should certainly sharpen"?
>
> Harvey Ferdschneider
> partner, SKID Photography, NYC
>
> "Maris V. Lidaka Sr." wrote:
>
> > You should certainly sharpen.  Whether you need to smart blur depends on
the
> > image, perhaps one with a large expanse sky or something similar.
> >
> > Maris
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "john gale" <john@smadness.com>
> > To: <epson-inkjet@leben.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 12:50 PM
> > Subject: Resolution and print quality
> >
> > >
> > [snipped]
> > > But what about some more general things that I've heard people refer
> > > to, but am not quite sure how they might help / hinder?  In other
> > > words, what's the general process that people usually go through to
> > > get from a scanned image to a printed image?  Say I get a 4000ppi
> > > negative scan, and want to print a 5x7 from it.  This gives me
> > > roughly 800ppi, so I should scale it down to 720ppi.  But what about
> > > other things that might increase the quality of the print?  Should I
> > > sharpen / blur the image?  Should I smart blur to get a more
> > > continuous tone?
> > >
> > >
> > >            !john
>
>
>
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