Mike Chaney's Tech Corner

I do my editing in photoshop.  All I want from Qimage is to resize and sharpen the image, in that order.  I don't know the order of processing in the batch edit/associated filter, so I have been opening the image in the batch filter, resizing it, then saving a new image.  I then open this new image in the batch edit, sharpen it, and save another image.  This gives me certainty that the order is accomplished as I want it.  It would be much simpler to use the associated filter to do both functions in one step, if I could be certain the order of processing is first, resize, then, sharpen.  Can anyone shed any light on this.  Thanks.

Hi Bob,
This question has been asked before on the old Yahoo forum.
I'm pretty sure that Qimage filters have a hierarchy of application of the various adjustments and sharpening is the last operation on the list. I would have expected Mike to that  ;)
When printing, smart print sharpening is also applied, after the application of the filter.
If Mike does not pick this up, Fred is certain to know too, I'll nudge him.
You should be able to open the image in Qimage, apply sharpening via a filter and then print withou making extra copies of the image, it's a one stop shop.
Terry.

Bob,
Just to clarify,
If you print an image in Qimage, that is what does without any use of the batch filter and without you a having to "resize" it in a separate operation.
The sharpening at this stage is Print Sharpening and the "smart" part is that it takes account of the print size and other relevant image characteristics.
There is in the options, a slider to set the level of print sharpening, the idea being that it is set such that the print looks like the screen image wrt sharpness. Once set, most users find it can be left at the one setting.
Of course, batch filter sharpening is "image" sharpening and is there to get the image right. But you may have done that previously in another editor.
Hope that is clear.
There's more in the Help: from the edit menu, open the Printing Options section and click the Help button on that dialogue, it's all there.
Terry.