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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tdodd" data-source="post: 1733954" data-attributes="member: 55450">I can only take the article at face value, and I know no better than you, I'm afraid. It is worth noting that in the recommendations........so I wouldn't worry unduly unless you do see artefacts that cause you problems.Since my processing is performed in Lightroom I don't have the luxury of choice when it comes to sharpening after downsizing. I do think it might expain why I have been underwhelmed at the results of downsizing some of the best (sharpest) images I have taken recently, but unless I find a whole new workflow I'm out of luck. Fortunately most of my images are pre-softened or pre-blurred straight out of camera, so I'm ahead of the game there <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />I have noticed on occasion that Lightroom does turn out conversions that do look oversharpened, which I'm sure is not my fault, so I have now adjusted my workflow to leave sharpening strength at defaults within Lightroom, and to apply a mask so that sharpening is applied more to edges than small details. In my output sharpening options I have lowered the sharpening from "standard" to "low". This seems to work quite well enough on images that were sharp to start with. I don't really like adding extra sharpening in order to patch up an imperfect file. Of course, sometimes that is a necessary evil.I hear that demosaicing, sharpening and noise reduction are all improved in the forthcoming Lightroom 3, so maybe my salvation lies there. I really do not want to have to resort to Photoshop simply to resize and sharpen my files. Yuck!</blockquote>

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