Novice Sharpening

I did a search on sharpening to learn more on doing the sharpening and I
found many different techniques. I am now even more confused than
before. Could someone tell me the best way to sharpen a portrait of a
family member that is just shot by a novice as a snap shot and now I
want to make a 8 by 10 photo out of it for the family members. In other
words it isn't done by a professional so maybe doesn't need to end of
being of equal quality. However I do want the best results that I can get.

Choices are:
Unsharp Mask on background layer
Unsharp Mask with Layer based sharpening and use of the luminosity blend
mode with opacity at 50%, and mode is luminosity and the blend if command
Smart sharpening

Thanks

rdoc wrote:
> I did a search on sharpening to learn more on doing the sharpening and I
> found many different techniques. I am now even more confused than
> before. Could someone tell me the best way to sharpen a portrait of a
> family member that is just shot by a novice as a snap shot and now I
> want to make a 8 by 10 photo out of it for the family members. In other
> words it isn't done by a professional so maybe doesn't need to end of
> being of equal quality. However I do want the best results that I can get.

The results of sharpening depend on the image data. There is no one
method that will work in all cases. Therefore the best way of sharpening
something is to try the sharpening methods you know of, compare the
results and choose the best one. There is also a limit to how much an
image can be sharpened. If it's very blurry to start with you will never
get it sharp looking without extensive post work that goes beyond mere
filter use.

Dawid Michalczyk
http://www.art.eonworks.com _Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Surreal artwork_