I'm reading Digital Photography Outdoors by James Martin, and in the chapter on "workflow in depth" and on page 145 it suggests that...
"the more you work on an image, the softer it becomes, so sharpening should be the last thing you do. (fine, understood) but it also goes on to say that...
"Refrain from using the sharpening features on a scanner or in Camera RAW or other RAW editors; you never want to sharpen more than once because artifacts will multiply.." (and it goes on to explain the consequences of too much sharpening)
From the following tutorial on Cambridge...
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tu...sharpening.htm
Most photographers now agree that sharpening is most effective and flexible when it's applied more than once during image editing.
I have my camera RAW set to 25% sharpening, is this not recommended?
I'm confused as the information is conflicting. And it makes me wonder about whether one should not use the default setting for sharpening, contrast, etc in camera for the same reason... (artifacts)
Thank you.