Nik Sharpener Pro, PK Sharpener, others?

Can I please get feedback on sharpening software or plugins for sharpening for print...or, a resource for good tutorials for sharpening for print in cs5.

Gracias!

Scott

I use PK Sharpener and have been exceedingly pleased with it. It has amazed me with the degree of sharpness I've been able to attain. I don't use it for web sharpening, just print sharpening. IMO, the documentation is not the best, but usable. I'm still using the older version - been lazy and haven't upgraded as yet. I have no experience with Nik Sharpener.

I have used PhotoKit Sharpener (http://www.pixelgenius.com) since it first became available and think it does a great job. I use it for capture sharpening for scans processed with Digital Ice and for output sharpening for web, inkjet and contone printing of both scans and digital capture images.

Thanks Greg and Bill. I'll try it!

I use NIK and Topaz--In Focus. In Focus sometimes works better than NIK.....but Topaz Define is not worth it IMHO

Never tried PK

Scott,
I highly recommend Real World Image Sharpening by Jeff Schewe and the late Bruce Fraser. It covers all the major software packages. I believe the 2nd edition will cover CS5, but if not, CS4's tools are close enough. I use Lightroom (which incorporated a lot of PKS sharpening approaches a few releases ago), and learned a lot about how to better use LR's sharpening capabilities.

ME