What filters and tricks in photoshop can I use to get crystal clear thumbs?

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  • CumSensei
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    • Jan 2001
    • 3986
    #1

    What filters and tricks in photoshop can I use to get crystal clear thumbs?

    I am making some thumbs...acctually ALOT of them soon and I want to have them as celar as possible.

    Usally I just use the filter sharpen when I modify them but what other settings might help to make them crystal clear and small in size before saving them?

    Would love any help I can get
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    • tootie
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      • Jun 2003
      • 6041
      #2
      Unsharp mask works pretty well once you learn how to use it, well and it offers more control than the basic sharpen filter.


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        • SpaceAce
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          • Jul 2002
          • 6493
          #3
          Originally posted by CumSensei
          I am making some thumbs...acctually ALOT of them soon and I want to have them as celar as possible.

          Usally I just use the filter sharpen when I modify them but what other settings might help to make them crystal clear and small in size before saving them?

          Would love any help I can get
          Thumbnailer from http://www.smalleranimals.com/ has a nice cleanup/sharpen filter plugin.

          SpaceAce

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                • flashfreak
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                  • Jun 2002
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                  #5
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                    • CumSensei
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                      • Jan 2001
                      • 3986
                      #6
                      Originally posted by $5 submissions
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                        • Tanker
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                          • Nov 2000
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                          #7
                          Originally posted by CumSensei
                          I will not pay someone to make my thumbs man.

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                            • MaDalton
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                              • Feb 2004
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                              #8
                              Originally posted by tootie
                              Unsharp mask works pretty well once you learn how to use it, well and it offers more control than the basic sharpen filter.
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                                • chodadog
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                                  • Apr 2002
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                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Tanker
                                  hahahah aint that the truth its a basic webmastering skill no need to pay to have it done thats like having someone pay to have thier shoes tied
                                  Well, if you need to have a few thousand thumbs created, i don't see why you wouldn't outsource it. Time is worth more than money.
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                                    • NickPapageorgio
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                                      • Apr 2004
                                      • 8323
                                      #10
                                      Add an adjustment layer and play with the brightness/contrast. Don't go overboard with it though.

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                                        • demented
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                                          • Dec 2002
                                          • 2388
                                          #11
                                          I always crop my thumbs to focus in on a certain part of the picture... You know what I mean. Then maybe add some brightness if it needs it, and then sharpen it. Always turns out nice and clear. Cropping the thumb always makes it look way better than just making the whole pic small

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                                            • tmphoto
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                                              • Oct 2003
                                              • 99
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by chodadog
                                              Well, if you need to have a few thousand thumbs created, i don't see why you wouldn't outsource it. Time is worth more than money.
                                              Ever hear of the "Batch" process? Photoshop 5.5 or later I think.

                                              Copy all of the images you want to thumbnail into one big folder, record a script in the actions log, and batch the whole bunch while you take a lunch break.

                                              I batch all of my correction operations except for individual touch ups.
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                                                • CumSensei
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                                                  • Jan 2001
                                                  • 3986
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by demented
                                                  I always crop my thumbs to focus in on a certain part of the picture... You know what I mean. Then maybe add some brightness if it needs it, and then sharpen it. Always turns out nice and clear. Cropping the thumb always makes it look way better than just making the whole pic small
                                                  Same here...I cut out a sertain part of each pic.

                                                  Most thumbs looks like shit when you just rezise the whole picture.

                                                  I always hand crop my thumbs.

                                                  More work yes..looks way better yes!
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                                                    • chodadog
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                                                      • Apr 2002
                                                      • 9736
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by tmphoto
                                                      Ever hear of the "Batch" process? Photoshop 5.5 or later I think.

                                                      Copy all of the images you want to thumbnail into one big folder, record a script in the actions log, and batch the whole bunch while you take a lunch break.

                                                      I batch all of my correction operations except for individual touch ups.
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                                                      26 + 6 = 1

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                                                        • doornx
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                                                          • Nov 2003
                                                          • 2531
                                                          #15
                                                          just use photoshop..crop them and apply unsharp..play with the levels a bit when it's too dark or bright

                                                          use the "action" stuff to easily apply the stuff you did above to each thumb of the set

                                                          each picture serie is different so you have to change the "action" a bit each time
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                                                            • Roald
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                                                              • May 2001
                                                              • 27911
                                                              #16
                                                              Use the unsharp mask for better settings, also make sure when you hahahahahaha an image to hahahahahaha going half at a time. So an image 800x800 -> 400x400 -> 200x200 -> 100x100 (unsharp mask after every step) instead of going from 800x800 to 100x100.

                                                              You can automate this by making a new action, for example when I hit F3 the image res1zes half and unsharpens automatically.



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