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dSLR Fractal Sharpen Actions - $15.00
(requires Adobe Photoshop and onOne Software Genuine Fractals)
By ProDigital Software - Noel Carboni

I've designed a great set of sharpening actions that do something different: They actually sharpen images! There are so very many sharpening tools out there that simply add edge artifacts and/or change contrasts, and while they can provide images that may look better in print or on screen, they also often look overprocessed and garish. My actions, by contrast, use Genuine Fractals in a unique way to actually "see through" the fuzziness and create an image that's truly sharper than the original. Look at my examples below (or eMail me an image of your own) and see if you don't agree that the look is fresh and clean!

Photoshop CS2 compatibility including 16 bit operation,
more accurate before/after image alignment, and a great new action: Bright Halo Reduction!

Note: These actions require you to have your own copies of these tools to function:

[This is a 100% crop of a Canon EOS-10D image.]



What do the actions in dSLR Fractal Sharpen actually do?

The dSLR Fractal Sharpen action set gives you three levels of sharpening with four levels of noise immunity. Each action can be invoked with a single keystroke or mouse click.

This is what you'll see in the Photoshop Actions window.

The following actions to be applied after a main action above:

These are professional quality actions - macro operations that are loaded into Photoshop - producing top quality results you can print, publish on the web, or use in further Photoshop operations. They work great with both Photoshop version 6, 7, and CS and the Genuine Fractals plugin on PCs and Macintoshes alike, and come with a money-back guarantee.

[Hvy Sharp Max Texture Brings out Detail in this 100% crop of a Canon EOS-10D Image You Didn't Know was There!]

Here's a full-sized 6.3 megapixel image sharpened with dSLR Fractal Sharpen that you can download, print and compare:

It's like you finally put your glasses on!

[Hvy Sharp Low ISO really sharpens this 100% crop of a Canon EOS-10D image.  Look at the detail!]

I may be refining the actions or adding handy new features to dSLR Fractal Sharpen from time to time. Your purchase entitles you to eMail notification and free updates.

The actions in dSLR Fractal Sharpen work on 8 bit-per-channel or 16 bit-per-channel RGB mode images.

Raw shooters take note: You can actually achieve sharper output using these actions on in-camera JPEGs than you have been getting from your Raw converters - I'm not kidding! Now you can take advantage of the ease and speed of shooting JPEGs - or you can use these actions on your Raw conversions and pop out details you never knew were there!

An industry first! Possibly the most amazing thing about the dSLR Fractal Sharpen actions is that they can be used to actually REDUCE artifacts! That's right, the unique qualities of fractal algorithms are such that they are insensitive to artificial "digital" artifacts in your images, and "see through" to the actual subject material!

[These actions actually REMOVE artifacts!]

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dSLR Fractal Sharpen Actions - $15.00

(requires Adobe Photoshop and onOne Software Genuine Fractals)



Are these actions better than just doing it yourself with Unsharp Mask in Photoshop?

  • Images are truly sharpened, not just littered with garish edge-enhancing halos.
  • These actions actually eliminate artifacts, such as stairstepping from JPEG 2 by 1 color subsampling.
  • Hvy Sharp actions do very fine edge enhancement to precompensate for loss of sharpness in some printer drivers.
  • Results can be combined with other sharpening and contrast-enhancement methods.
  • These actions work well with those in my dSLR Tools action set.
  • Simple operation - one mouse click will run each action. Tie your favorites to function keys for one button operation.
  • The Photoshop steps are optimized so as to provide top-notch, second-to-none, professional image quality.
  • All actions work on a single layer, so you can erase through a higher layer or use a mask to expose the results.
  • I've done hundreds of hours of work so you don't have to!

    [dSLR Fractal Sharpening actually achieves the ultimate - TRUE sharpening!]

    Note: Because these actions work on upsampled images, they can use a large amount of computer resources and take a few minutes to complete, depending on the size of your original image. Be patient. Good things come to those who wait!

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    dSLR Fractal Sharpen Actions - $15.00

    (requires Adobe Photoshop and onOne Software Genuine Fractals)


    Date last updated: August 14, 2005


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