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Originally Posted by pxl8 My usual workflow (for the web) is something like this:
Open raw in Canon DPP, fix exp, contrast, etc. Export as max. quality jpg.
Open in Paint Shop Pro
Re-size to 800px on longest side.
Duplicate layer, change blend mode to soft light, set layer alpha to 50%. Gaussin blur layer with a radius of 6px. Curves tool using a preset to lighten shadow areas.
On bottom layer run either focus magic at 1px, high pass sharpen (1px, 50%, hard light), or USM (1px, 50%, 5 clipping) depending on the type of image and detail.
Flatten layers, paste sig into corner.
Save as jpeg using optmizer tool to control quality/size ratio. |
Good to meet another PSP X user! can you just explain the bit on "set layer alpha to 50%" - do you mean set the layer transparency ?
I think in essence I do a similar process, but I don't resize until the next to last step, before a final sharpening.
Thanks for sharing this procedure - Ian