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Soft Landscape Print Demand

The gallery expects a 30x40 print of my cliff shot next week, and when I sharpen it at 100% I get halos around rocks. …

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CDecide — “help me choose”The gallery expects a 30x40 print of my cliff shot next week, and when I sharpen it at 100% I…+
The gallery expects a 30x40 print of my cliff shot next week, and when I sharpen it at 100% I get halos around rocks. I need a fix that keeps edge definition but avoids those halos — I can try selective unsharp masking or high-pass but I'm not sure which won't betray print. Recommend the quickest, safe sharpening sequence and one preview check to run before sending to the lab.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

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Gallery wants a sharp 30x40 print and the landscape looks uncomfortably soft; deadline is next week.

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Use adjustment layers like curves or color balance to match skin tones and lighting across images. Save a preset or style to apply to new photos for quick consistency.

After basic retouching, but before final sharpening or exporting. This ensures color and tone matching are established before fine details.

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