(From MichaelJay) Now I’m wondering… if you do clean up first, what else do you do after levels and curves?
(From lostinbids) Sharpening. We should only apply minimal amounts of capture sharpening and allow the designers to do any output sharpening needed for their particular job.
(From Camrocker) I never add sharpening, most of my past rejections were due to something that happened during sharpening, and I’ve used all the latest techniques. I know only use sharpening for printing.
(From lostinbids) I add a very slight high pass sharpen to the areas of focus.