AfterShot Pro High Pass Sharpen [and Wavelet Sharpen Plugin]

[Tadjio]

One feature of PaintShop Pro that I use all the time is High Pass Sharpen.
In particular I do a fine sharpening with a radius of 0.5 (with Stremgth 100% and Blend Mode 'Hard Light')

Is it possible to do the same in AfterShot Pro?

[afx]

Grab the Wavelet Sharpen Plugin.
Beats all those USM tricks any time (but has USM if needed)

cheers
afx

[Tadjio]

Grab the Wavelet Sharpen Plugin.

Thanks.
Is this available for ASP now?

[spoilerhead]

Is this available for ASP now?

right at http://aftershotpro.com/plugins/index.h ... etsharpen3

[Tadjio]

right at http://aftershotpro.com/plugins/index.h ... etsharpen3

That looks great.
Can you tell me, can I achieve the same effect as I do with PSP HPS Radius 0.5 as I described above?

[Tadjio]

right at http://aftershotpro.com/plugins/index.h ... etsharpen3

OK, I have installed the plug-in, thanks very much.
(Incidentally it knocked my 'Toggle Orientation' (Ctrl+L) from Vertical to Horizontal - took a while to find how to reset it

Are there any instructions / explanation / user manual for all the features?
What are Wavelet1 and Wavelet2? Are they some form of presets?
When might you use them as opposed to Gradient or USM?
What's Clarity Mode and Microcontrast?
And 'Deprecated'? Why two Salt+Pepper boxes?

I followed the tooltip prompts but "with of the Gradient (slow)" stumped me!
Sorry for so many questions...

[andysalay]

I am quoting Spoilerhead from one of his posts in Bibble5 forum:

the "manual" can be summarised in just some sentences:
* use USM for local contrast control, "Clarity" will emulate the bevarior of a well known product . don't use usm for general purpose sharpening, sharpen1/2 will give much better results
* use sharpen1 and sharpen2 for detail sharpening, if just sharpen1 isn't enough use sharpen2 with a larger radius
* turn off bibble sharpening it you use sharpen1/2
* use gradient sharpen only if you need it. it can be helpful against the anti-aliasing blur certain sensors produce, usually its enough if you find a setting that "just works" and save it as a preset
* gradient sharpening is slow.

* find settings that work for your camera(s) and store them as presets/default. i find myself using the same sharpening settings over and over again
*play with the sliders to get a feel about what the plugin can do
* all rules are meant to be broken

And maybe you find attachment of the first post of this thread most valueable.

Bibble5 forums are full of gems. And they are well categorised. I was able to find it without search engine, in very short time.

Regards,
Andy Salay

[Tadjio]

I am quoting Spoilerhead from one of his posts in Bibble5 forum:

the "manual" can be summarised in just some sentences:
* use USM for local contrast control, "Clarity" will emulate the bevarior of a well known product . don't use usm for general purpose sharpening, sharpen1/2 will give much better results
* use sharpen1 and sharpen2 for detail sharpening, if just sharpen1 isn't enough use sharpen2 with a larger radius
* turn off bibble sharpening it you use sharpen1/2
* use gradient sharpen only if you need it. it can be helpful against the anti-aliasing blur certain sensors produce, usually its enough if you find a setting that "just works" and save it as a preset
* gradient sharpening is slow.
* find settings that work for your camera(s) and store them as presets/default. i find myself using the same sharpening settings over and over again
*play with the sliders to get a feel about what the plugin can do
* all rules are meant to be broken

And maybe you find attachment of the first post of this thread most valueable.
Bibble5 forums are full of gems. And they are well categorised. I was able to find it without search engine, in very short time.
Regards,
Andy Salay

Thanks a lot Andy - lots to read and study. I've downloaded the pdf and studied the 'famous' flowcharts but I'm not sure I will plough through all 23 pages of the thread!

[spoilerhead]

nobody found that typo in width for a year or so, i guess that means nobody reads the mouseovers anyways
Yes, a real manual is missing, but honestly, the old "learning by doing" applies. As every camera is different, a reciepe that works well for camera a might not work well for camera b, so best is just to play with it until you found some settings you like, and create a preset

[Tadjio]

but honestly, the old "learning by doing" applies. As every camera is different, a reciepe that works well for camera a might not work well for camera b, so best is just to play with it until you found some settings you like, and create a preset

Thanks, spoilerhead, I took your advice and had a play tonight.
The trouble is, there are so many variables and options one could play for ever but it does seem very useful.
I'm using RAW+JPEG Canon Images, so my JPGs have the Standard Picture Style Sharpening whereas my CR2 files don't.

I'm new to Bibble/ASP - I have just found how to save a preset but can I amend the 'default' settings without a preset?

[afx]

I'm new to Bibble/ASP - I have just found how to save a preset but can I amend the 'default' settings without a preset?

All AS settings can be saved as defaults....
Adjust image as needed, then right click on thumbnails, settings, save as raw default.

Use the advanced tab and make sure all the stuff you want to save as a default is ticked and everything else is off.

cheers
afx