This is absolutely FUN! to try out.
I have options to select a color range and tell Ultimate to sharpen that only, don't sharpen that, but sharpen the rest. I have been playing with items like selecting the sky and telling Ultimate to exclude that, but sharpen the rest....  loads of options to try out.

Good job Mike.
This is the best new tool since you released the Unsharp Mask Equalizer bar.

Thanks from Fred

I've updated the example page on the Qimage Ultimate site to include an example of an eye, eyebrow, and lashes that were sharpened without sharpening the skin tones.  The sharpness of the eye is quite dramatic without exaggerating wrinkles and skin blemishes.  I think I'm having the most fun selecting an object and saying "sharpen everything BUT that".

The example page:

http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage-u/tts.htm

Mike

So what did you select, something on the building or the sky and say everything else except the sky?
Terry

Oh, I am enjoying this while I learn it.
This time I told Qimage Ultimate to sharpen everything *except*.... I selected SKY as the exception.
No increase in noise at all, and just a wonderful overall effect of the sharpening.

Oh you must try this... I did someone's blue eyes and what an effect!!

Experimenting and learning!

Fred

I dunno.  Is it picking up subtle tones and sharpening anyway?  The strawberry definitely worked well, but the lad's hair took on some sharpen also, especially where it crosses his earlobe.

Where is that site background from?  It looks like Kuwait or Iraq.

If you mean Fred's image, it's Sarasota FL. Surely nothing like those places, Dubai maybe?
Edit. Whoops, you meant Grumpy's blog, dooh!
Terry

After reading what you wrote, I'm not sure you realize that the tone selection is a single selection.  So if you selected the hair and then the red dress, your tone target is the last thing you selected (the red dress).  In that image, I think I'd try some things to see what effect they have depending on what you want to emphasize:

(1) Try selecting the green in the background and then click the color swatch and select "Target all tones EXCEPT the selected tone".  Then sharpen.  This will bring out everything in the foreground: car, skin tones, red dress.

(2) Try selecting skin tones (on the face for example) and select "Target the selected tone".  This will emphasize the girl.

(3) Select the green in the background, select "Target the selected tone", and use a USM of something like 2 radius and -200 strength.  This will smooth out the background (trees and grass) and remove the noise from those areas.

Also keep in mind that you can use some very high levels of sharpening for effect in conjunction with the shadow noise filter for some really clean, sharp effects!

Edit: I just tried it on your image.  Use the dropper on the green of the trees in the background.  Select "Target all tones EXCEPT the selected tone".  Use 1/200 USM.  Check the checkbox for "Shadow Noise".  That combo makes the subject burst to life (skin, hair, face, dress) and it wipes out all the noise in the background at the same time.

Mike