>2) Is there a relation between sharpness seen on the monitor to sharpness seen on the print? Ex: To get a print that looks SHARP on print, should it appear VERY SHARP on monitor?
Pretty much, but not always. Probably Herb can answer this better than I. But if it's a sharp pic it should look sharp on the monitor. However, I have found the reverse situation is not always true -- some pics that look fairly sharp on the monitor come out not as sharp when printed. But then I rarely look at them at 100% on the monitor, which is the way to really double check. I use unsharpen mask very discretely. When you resize an image, where there is some kind of resampling, then usually you need to sharpen. The downsizing aliased lines, softening them. For that, sometimes the built in sharpening selection is enough. For really fine tuning the unsharpen mask is better, but sometimes it's a bit tricky. Otherwise I try to unsharpen or sharpen rarely. It tends to add artifacts, unless one does it carefully. Or if the picture is just a lot blurrier than I'd like, then I'll try it. Anyway, that has been my experience. Marnie aka Doe IMHO, software can't really add sharpness that the pic lacked in the first place, it can only sort of ape sharpness.
