Sharpening

How to Sharpen Photos for Web vs Print

Here’s a mistake I see constantly: photographers apply one round of sharpening and export for both web and print. The result? Images that look crunchy on screen and soft in print. Web and print have different requirements, and your sharpening needs to account for that. Why They’re Different A computer monitor displays images at roughly 72-150 PPI, and every pixel is visible. What you see is what you get. Any over-sharpening shows up immediately as halos and artifacts.