Photoshop Unsharp Mask Vs OnOne Perfect Resize

http://www.TheArtofRetouching.com - This is a video duel between Photoshop's built in Unsharp Mask and onOne's Perfect Resize. This is stand alone software, or also available as part of the Perfect Photo Suite package. I'm going to have one image on the left side, which will be blown up with Photoshop. The one on the right will be blown up with Perfect Seize. Currently both these images are at around 7 inches wide. In order to overemphasize what the software is capable of doing, I'm going to change the width to 36 inches for both images. I will also be comparing the strengths of each, and determine if Perfect Resize is really worth the cost.

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[TheArtofRetouching]

That is an Excellent Tip! Thanks for sharing. I do not use the Photoshop built-In RAW, but sure enough, when I tried it, I was easily able to remove a ton of noise, without too much damage to the sharpness of the overall image.

[stormbytes]

@JMLM58 High-Pass filter is so 2001. Why doesn't anyone bother to actually learn the tools anymore? Opting for a quick-fix will always make for a crappy looking image, but hey, if you're happy with crappy then go for it. If you're not, I suggest converting your image into SO, then applying USM. Then filter the effect through a channel-based mask that gives the best detail information. This allows you to preserve dimension and contours rather then applying flat sharpening.

[stormbytes]

Why don't you start by actually learning the software *before* making any 'review'. Your tests images absolutely suck, you click around needlessly as you are clearly unfamiliar with the interace and overall, the subject matter of your "demo" compares apples to oranges. I really hope no one makes a purchase decions from what was presented in this video.

[JMLM58]

Use the high pass filter in Photoshop....instead of the unsharp mask....because you used the high pass filter in Perfect Resize 7....2 different filters =2 different results.

[izihbo]

Great video, thanks for sharing! A good idea would be to run the pictures through Camera Raw (Luminance adjustment) within Photoshop - reducing the noise in the photos - giving you a much better starting point for resizing them with Perfect Resize.

Obviously this isn't what this video is about, but I thought I'd just share it with you anyways!