I now find myself editing at 100% but being able to see the entire image which is a rather nice way to work and means global changes can be made more accurately. The 16mp images from my Fuji don't even reach the left/right edges when viewed at 100% which is a bit of an eye opener and a bit of a shock to the system.

So, unless you are planning to print or only look at images on your one computers screen, I would not get too concerned with output sharpening, as you can't control what everyone else sees on their screes.This is something I have noticed with my new 5k screen and it is changing the way I process and deal with files. So, unless you are planning to print or only look at images on your one computers screen, I would not get too concerned with output sharpening, as you can't control what everyone else sees on their screes. Add to that screen size I have similar resolutions on my 13' laptop and my 28' desktop, so something I prepare for my desktop, will look oversharpened on my laptop. Unless you are using a newer 4K screen, you are actually displaying images at around 2MP, so you will get some 'natural' sharpening from the downsampling algorithms that will tend to enhance some of the edges. Any modern camera with 18+ MP capture will be downsampled to display on a computer screen. I sharpen more for for matte papers, less of glossy and somewhere in the middle for luster papers.įor screen output, this is highly variable and totally depends of screen resolution and screen size. I pay a lot of attention to how I sharpen for print, as I sharpen differently, depending on the type of paper I use. When it comes to output sharpening, this is very much device dependent.

I did try them both when I got Nik, so I am familiar with what they do, and I personally find that they overautomate the sharpening work and tend to miss by either oversharpening or undersharpening. I find that both the Unsharp Mask and Smart Sharpen functions in Photoshop work quite well for my work. I'll have to be quite frank, as I never use either of the two Nik sharpening functions.

Nik sharpener pro 3