mhodgson wrote:Ah, that could also be a discrepancy between other workflows: I tend to crop to a specific size (usually 1400x933) to be reduced only if required.
Sorry, not sure what you mean by this.
Anyway, my workflow goes:
RAW Editing:
1. Rough adjustment of exposure/levels/contrast and white balance.
2. General NR if needed.
3. Sharpening is usually left at whatever I've set the default to (currently 3 in Canon DPP; usually use radius 1.3 / amount 70 in ACR).
4. Export to JPEG.
JPEG Editing:
5. Level and crop.
6. Fine adjustment of exposure/levels/contrast and color balance.
7. Resize in one step (standard bicubic).
8. Sharpen (Unsharp Mask, typically radius 0.4, amount 60-90, threshold 2). I sharpen on a duplicate layer then erase OS areas, then flatten the layers.
9. Any local NR if necessary.