Nik Software Sharpener Pro 3.0 - Quick Start Guide.pdf

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Sharpener Pro
3.0
™
Nik Software
English
Quick Start Guide
Welcome to Sharpener Pro 3.0
Nik Software Sharpener Pro 3.0 is the most advanced and powerful sharpening solution
for photographers. Sharpener Pro 3.0 eliminates the guesswork typically required for
achieving superior printed results while providing the most control possible.
Sharpener Pro 3.0 is a new generation of digital sharpening tools for photographers, featuring
on-image editing with U Point
®
powered control points, creative sharpening tools, as well
as the most advanced algorithms designed specifically for sharpening digital photographs.
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Installation for Photoshop
®
, Lightroom
®
and Aperture
™
Windows
1. Close all open applications.
2. Insert the Sharpener Pro 3.0 CD.
3. Specify whether to install into Photoshop or Lightroom.
4. When the auto-run installer appears, click
Next
to begin installing
Sharpener Pro 3.0.
5. After reading the Read Me and accepting the License Agreement, review
the suggested installation location. For example, the appropriate
location for Adobe Photoshop CS4 is:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\Plug-Ins*
6. Specify whether the Nik Selective Tool launches automatically when you
start Photoshop.
7. When the installation is complete, click the
Finish
button to close
the installer.
*If
you are using an image editing application other than Photoshop,
please refer to your application’s documentation manual.
Please see the Sharpener Pro 3.0 User Guide for more information.
Macintosh
1. Close all open applications.
2. Insert the Sharpener Pro 3.0 CD.
3. Open the CD and double-click the
Sharpener Pro 3.0 Setup
file.
4. Specify whether to install Sharpener Pro 3.0 into either Adobe
Photoshop, Photoshop Lightroom or Apple Aperture. When the
Sharpener Pro 3.0 installer appears, click
Next
to begin installation.
5. After reading the Read Me and accepting the License Agreement, the
installer attempts to install into the appropriate location. When installing
into Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, check the installation path
to ensure the installer located the appropriate folder. The appropriate
location for Adobe Photoshop CS4 is:
Macintosh HD : Applications : Adobe Photoshop CS4 : Plug-Ins*
6. When installing into Photoshop, specify whether the Nik
Selective Tool launches automatically when you start Photoshop.
7. When the installation is complete, click the
Finish
button to close
the installer.
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Accessing Sharpener Pro 3.0
... in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements
1. Launch your image editing application.
2. Open an image.
3. Click the
Filters
menu and roll over
Nik Software.
A popup
menu appears. Click
Sharpener Pro 3.0
in the popup to launch the
application.
Tip: To access the Nik Selective Tool, navigate to the File > Automate
or File > Automation Tools menu and select
Nik Selective Tool...
... in Aperture
1. Launch Aperture.
2. Highlight the image(s) you wish to enhance with Sharpener Pro 3.0.
3. Click the
Images
menu and roll over
Edit With.
A popup menu appears.
Click
Sharpener Pro 3.0…
in the popup to launch the application.
... in Lightroom
1. Launch Lightroom.
2. Highlight the image(s) you wish to enhance with Sharpener Pro 3.0.
3. Click the
Photo
menu and roll over
Edit In.
A popup menu appears.
Click
Sharpener Pro 3.0
in the popup to launch the application.
Sharpener Pro
™
3.0 Interface
Preview Modes
Filter
Display
Modes
Select, Zoom and Pan Tools
Preset Manager
Filter
Controls
3
Output Sharpener Interface in Adobe
®
Photoshop
®
· © Nadia Salameh 2008
U Point
®
powered
control points
Navigator
Loupe
Resize corner
Sharpening Photographs
Nik Software Sharpener Pro 3.0 is designed to provide the most advanced and intuitive
sharpening solutions for digital photographs. Sharpener Pro 3.0 offers two filters to en-
hance and sharpen your images quickly, easily, and with high quality, repeatable results:
the RAW Presharpener filter and the Output Sharpener filter.
RAW Presharpener
The Sharpener Pro 3.0 RAW Presharpener filter is designed to compensate for the potential
loss of clarity and detail caused through digital capture or digital noise reduction techniques.
With Sharpener Pro 3.0’s RAW Presharpener filter, images should be sharpened slightly to
notice a small difference and a slightly enhanced clarity in the fine details of an image.
The RAW Presharpener filter should be used immediately after processing a RAW file and
after any noise reduction has been applied. When using the RAW Presharpener filter,
ensure that sharpening has been turned off in your RAW conversion tool such as Adobe
®
Camera RAW, Adobe
®
Photoshop
®
Lightroom, Apple
®
Aperture
™
, Capture NX 2, or
Canon
®
Digital Photo Pro.
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Output Sharpener
The Sharpener Pro 3.0 Output Sharpener filter is designed to sharpen based on the loss of
detail caused through different output methods, eliminating guesswork normally associat-
ed with sharpening for output. The highest quality sharpening and the power to selectively
apply the sharpening with the use of U Point powered control points or color ranges make
the Output Sharpener filter the professional’s choice for sharpening their images for output.
In addition to the U Point powered control points, the Output Sharpener filter also offers
new controls for creatively sharpening images to enhance fine details and textures. The
creative sharpening techniques in Sharpener Pro 3.0’s Output Sharpener provide photo-
graphers with the a full toolset for creatively sharpening images to draw focus and attention
to specific areas of your images while also precisely sharpening images.
The Output Sharpener filter should be used as the very last step in the workflow, after any
cropping or resizing. Use the Output Sharpener filter to prepare your file for the output
device of your choice.
© David Sanders 2008
Control Points
The Power of U Point
®
Technology
U Point technology lets you use control points to isolate objects
and areas in an image and selectively apply filter effects to them.
Visit www.upoint.com to learn more.
Selection Control Point
Selection Control Points
in RAW Presharpener
The U Point powered control points in the RAW Presharpener
allow you to selectively apply or remove the sharpening effects
from objects and areas in your photographs without any
complicated selections or layers masks.
For more information about Selection Control Points in the RAW
Presharpener filter, please see the Sharpener Pro 3.0 User Guide.
Sharpening Control Point Controls
Each control point has five sliders:
•
The top slider, Size, adjusts the control point’s size or reach.
•
The second slider, Output Sharpening Strength, adjusts the
strength of the output sharpening effect of the object or area.
The Output Sharpening Strength/
All triangle will toggle the avail­
able sliders on the control point
between the Output Sharpening
Strength slider and all of the
sliders available.
•
The third slider, Structure, en-
hances the fine details of the
object or area.
•
The fourth slider, Local Contrast,
controls the amount of local
contrast applied to the edges of
the object or area.
Sharpening Control Points
in Output Sharpener
The U Point powered controls points in the Output Sharpener
filter allow you to selectively apply the output sharpening and
creative sharpening to objects and areas in your photograph
without complicated selections or layer masks.
Add Control Point
– Click this button to change the
mouse cursor and enable you to add a control point to
the image. After selecting this button, click on the
object or area in the image to adjust using a control point. After
placing the control point on the image, you may control the
sharpening or apply creative sharpening to the object or area
selected using the controls provided.
5
S
LC
F
•
The fifth slider, Focus, controls the adaptive sharpening
applied to the object or area.

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