I know Kubota's MS is the poo, however it comes at a price $$$ . And I am sure the action set is totally worth it! I have also heard everyone saying that TRA Revenge is super sweet! Does the new TRA set have a great sharpening action as well? I thought I saw someone mention that in a post. I know they are very different sets of actions, but the idea here is that I want all the sweet super fun actions of TRA Revenge, but a great sharpening action as well. I can really only invest in one or the other so I wanted to get some input from people who have used them.

Opinions please

I just got the new TRA set but haven't had a chance to play with it yet. It does have a new sharpening action that is supposedly awesome...I can't wait to use it! Until then, though, I have been using Kubota's MS, which you can get from them as a stand-alone for only $30. You just have to call them since they don't advertise it on their site as a stand-alone. Totally worth $30 though regardless! :-)

Oh that is sweet news Phillip!! Thanks for the heads up!

Find dustin francis profile on OSP - on his blog he did an amazing tutorial on sharpening and at the end of it you can download his actions for free and they rock - there is a complete thread on here somewhere all about it - surprised you missed it as it wasnt that long ago...

Dustin is the man and knows his sh*t

I just called Kubota and sure enough... I asked sweetly and they delivered! Awesome!! Thanks again!

Here's the link to Dustin's sharpening page for other people looking. His actions are awesome! I like having a variety of methods on hand.
http://www.dustinfrancis.net/?page_id=107

I like TRA Revenge's "Slice Like A Ninja" for people.

Kubota's Magic Sharp is also good for blog size photos 900 pixels wide.

I have used Dustin's sharpening actions for landscape and architecture shots and they are amazing. He has different strength actions for full size and blog images.

I really like TRA's Revenge. Both slice like a ninja and cut like a razor blade are good. Somewhat similar to MS. The whole action set rocks though- totally worth the money

WOW...Ive learned so much from this thread. Thanks guys.

Sure thing! Most assuredly there are any number of different actions that all do more or less the same thing with a local contrast adjustment to create a kind of "pop" to the image, but Dustin's post on here was indeed excellent, and I believe someone already included a link to it. You might also find this tutorial from Michael Reichmann useful:

http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/co...hancement.shtml

Thanks for all the kind words and I'm so glad that my sharpening actions are helping some of you out! I have been working on a new sharpening action for about a month now I am calling Pop and Sizzle. I am a big fan of the sharpening actions in TRA2...they really are great.

The action I am working on, is a sharpening method that you can batch on full res (12MP ideally) images and it will sharpen edges, but leave smooth areas alone. I do have a masked sharpen in my action set, which is what Pop and Sizzle is closest to, but it is different. I'm not 100% happy with the action yet, but when I am, I will update my sharpening page on my blog and let you all know.

Have a great 4th everyone!

I have a few sharpening tools, but I though I'd throw out a freebie that I have on Seim Effects.

Visual Razor II

This is a general use sharpen and enhance action. There's a new one coming out in my soon to be released Photographer Essentials pack, but hey this is a freebie. You can't go wrong.

Gav