How to make crisper better looking thumbs?

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  • nick3131
    Confirmed User
    • Dec 2004
    • 1193
    #1

    How to make crisper better looking thumbs?

    Is there a good tutorial out there.

    Here's what I use:
    Adobe Photoshop

    Step #1 go to Filter -> Noise -> Despeckle
    Step #2 go to Image -> Adjustment -> Brightness / Contrasl
    Step #3 go to Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp mask
    Step #4 resize, crop whatever you need to do

    Was hoping someone could show me some better ways of doing it.

    Thank You.
    Signed nick3131

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    • born2blog
      Confirmed User
      • Sep 2006
      • 1801
      #2
      also with Photoshop CS3 if you select "Use Legacy" when using the brightness/contrast adjustment option that helps improve the quality as well.
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        • qxm
          Confirmed User
          • Jul 2006
          • 5970
          #3
          isn't there an imagemagick tweak for this??......making high quality thumbs in photoshop is very time consuming..........

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            • nick3131
              Confirmed User
              • Dec 2004
              • 1193
              #4
              Originally posted by born2blog
              also with Photoshop CS3 if you select "Use Legacy" when using the brightness/contrast adjustment option that helps improve the quality as well.
              hmm thanks

              can't find it thou
              Signed nick3131

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                • mynameisjim
                  Confirmed User
                  • Aug 2007
                  • 2985
                  #5
                  Duplicate the layer then apply a surface blur to that. Use the erase tool with a soft brush to take away all the blurred areas that need to be sharp like the hair, eyes, teeth, etc. Then dial down the opacity till some texture shows through and it's natural and your done.
                  jim (at) amateursconvert . com Amateurs Convert

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                    • aico
                      Moo Moo Cow
                      • Mar 2004
                      • 14748
                      #6
                      you should do the unsharp mask last, after the crop.

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                        • just a punk
                          So fuckin' bored
                          • Jun 2003
                          • 32385
                          #7
                          1) Neatimage
                          2) Imagenomic Portraiture

                          Both work as Photoshop plugins.
                          Obey the Cowgod

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                            • Tempest
                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                              • May 2004
                              • 10217
                              #8
                              See sig.. go to the far right column and the "Graphics" section.. there's some links to articles about this there.

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                                • Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life
                                  (felis madjewicus)
                                  • Jul 2006
                                  • 20368
                                  #9
                                  I have an action setup which basically goes something like sharpen > color dodge > new layer adjustment hue/saturation > flatten. then i blur the flesh with the blur tool quick. not sure off the top of my head what the settings were i'd have to open up photoshop and look again, but i've been using this action for at least a year now. it makes thumbs that satisfy me quickly. if the hue saturation looks wya off i go back in and create new layer quick and bring the tone sback to a natural balance.
                                  Last edited by Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life; 03-22-2008, 06:13 PM.

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                                    • Violetta
                                      Affiliate
                                      • Jul 2004
                                      • 28735
                                      #10
                                      bump for more answers!
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                                        • nick3131
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Dec 2004
                                          • 1193
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by cyberxxx
                                          1) Neatimage
                                          2) Imagenomic Portraiture

                                          Both work as Photoshop plugins.
                                          Props!

                                          Thank man
                                          Signed nick3131

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                                            • Darkhorse
                                              Horsing Around
                                              • Sep 2002
                                              • 5881
                                              #12
                                              Everyone is going to have different answers, but if your using Smart Thumbs use this for your Imagemagick command for pics mainly not movies.

                                              filter Cubic -modulate 115,102,100 -sharpen 1x1 -enhance -strip

                                              You can tweak it more or less it suits me fine atm.

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