nikonlad Loc: Venice, FL

My last step in post processing is sharpening. If the photo has been resized to 1000 pixels on the long side, I use Photoshop Smart Sharpen, Amount about 90 and Radius about .9.
I am pleased with the way the sharpening looks on screen.
The problem comes when I want to submit the photo to a stock company for sale. My Full size is 6000 pixels on the long side. If I try sharpening at lets say Amount 200 and a Radius of 2, at 100% the photo looks terrible, the noise is exaggerated, and at the normal viewing size on screen it doesn't look sharp like the 1000 pixel size. What am I doing wrong, I just started submitting for stock sales?

bdk Loc: Sanibel Fl.

when I submit to stock sites, I set the pic at 100% then view it. If a problem shows up then, thats when you sharpen or do what ever needs to be done.
I do no corrections until I see the pic at 100%

cthahn

Photos will or can look different depending on how you display them. On your monitor, projected on a screen, printed, sending by e-mail, or changing from RAW to JPG or other formats. You have to do some reading on the subject and practice.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

That's why one should always do any sharpening for the finished size at a last step!