Copy/Web Image
"Sharpened" with Photoshop
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What About Software to Increase Sharpness?
Simply put: You can't make something from nothing! Even the finest software, such as Adobe Photoshop, can not create detail that does not exist within a poorly photographed or low resolution image.
The example, left, is a close-up of the same web image after "sharpening" (Adobe Photoshop 7, Unsharp Mask). Since "sharpening" can not create detail, it relies on increasing contrast for the appearance of sharpness. "Sharpening" often tends to "pixelate" the image, adding billions of unwanted and degrading "speckles" throughout the image.
Using software , as Photoshop, to increase the resolution (also called interpolation or up-sampling), may smooth lines for printing, but like all other software attempts, it can NOT add detail which was never in the image.
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Correct Color?
There are literally thousands of variations which can affect color accuracy! Because every monitor in the world can have a different color balance, it virtually impossible to demonstrate a "correct" color or accurate skin tones with web images! Although web images can be reasonably color balanced for the "average" viewing monitor, the best and most accurate color values will be portrayed in an authorized studio print.
(In the strictest sense, achieving the "correct" color balance, as that used for professional imaging, not only involves very expensive calibration systems but also a trained and critical evaluation. And then even the most sophisticated color balancing requires recalibration checks on a weekly basis.)
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