Posted by Andreas Resch on March 3, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Hello,
I've updated my web sharpener script for Photoshop to version 0.7. You will need Photoshop CS2 or higher to run it.
New features ...
*) Improved downscaling algorithm that uses more than 2 steps now and considers the image size.
*) Better edge masking to prevent halos more efficiently.
*) Some bug fixes.
Here's the link ... http://www.andreasresch.at/upload/WebSharpener.zip
The (German) blog entry is here together with a before/after comparison of one of my large format scans (you have to move the slider on the image to compare the two versions) ... http://www.andreasresch.at/2012/03/03/webscharfungsskript-v0-7-update/
The ZIP-files includes both a German and an English version of the script plus the documentation in PDF-format.
As there are quite a few medium format and large format shooters here - the new script works significantly better with larger images now.
Cheers,
Andreas
Posted by Barry Vangrov on March 3, 2012 at 12:35 PM
Thanks Andreas - it's very generous of you to offer this. I've been using your old version and it works great for almost all my images.
AUTO-RUN VERSION
By request I also created a version that runs without dialog so that you can use it to run in a batch. Here's what you have to do ...
*) Download the script here ... http://www.andreasresch.at/upload/WebSharpener_V07AutoRun.zip
*) Open the script in a text editor.
*) There's a section at the beginning of the script called "EDIT THESE SETTINGS FOR THE AUTO-RUN". Edit the settings there to your liking.
*) After that, save the file with it's original name or better with a descriptive name like "WebSharpener V0.7 850px NoSaturation Opacity45.jsx" which can reflect some settings that you changed in the script.
*) In that way you can create several script files with different setting.
*) To be able to include the script in the batch automation you have to create an action for it. So go ahead and open some dummy image. Create a new action and label it to your liking. Now go to "File->Scripts->Browse..." and navigate to your own saved version of the script and run it. After that stop the recording of the action, close the dummy image and you're ready to use it a future batch processes.
Take care,
Andreas
Posted by Danny Laureys on March 11, 2012 at 3:24 AM
Thanks Andreas for sharing, I use your older version a lot.
Andreas - thanks for this - as a long time admirer of your processing and sharpness of web presented images, this is a useful tool. I have pointed various people in its direction - I hope that they turn out to be generous with their donations!!
Discussion
6 repliesI've updated my web sharpener script for Photoshop to version 0.7. You will need Photoshop CS2 or higher to run it.
New features ...
*) Improved downscaling algorithm that uses more than 2 steps now and considers the image size.
*) Better edge masking to prevent halos more efficiently.
*) Some bug fixes.
Here's the link ... http://www.andreasresch.at/upload/WebSharpener.zip
The (German) blog entry is here together with a before/after comparison of one of my large format scans (you have to move the slider on the image to compare the two versions) ... http://www.andreasresch.at/2012/03/03/webscharfungsskript-v0-7-update/
The ZIP-files includes both a German and an English version of the script plus the documentation in PDF-format.
As there are quite a few medium format and large format shooters here - the new script works significantly better with larger images now.
Cheers,
Andreas
By request I also created a version that runs without dialog so that you can use it to run in a batch. Here's what you have to do ...
*) Download the script here ... http://www.andreasresch.at/upload/WebSharpener_V07AutoRun.zip
*) Open the script in a text editor.
*) There's a section at the beginning of the script called "EDIT THESE SETTINGS FOR THE AUTO-RUN". Edit the settings there to your liking.
*) After that, save the file with it's original name or better with a descriptive name like "WebSharpener V0.7 850px NoSaturation Opacity45.jsx" which can reflect some settings that you changed in the script.
*) In that way you can create several script files with different setting.
*) To be able to include the script in the batch automation you have to create an action for it. So go ahead and open some dummy image. Create a new action and label it to your liking. Now go to "File->Scripts->Browse..." and navigate to your own saved version of the script and run it. After that stop the recording of the action, close the dummy image and you're ready to use it a future batch processes.
Take care,
Andreas