Best Method for Sharpening GoPro Protuned Footage in Premiere Pro?

[briant17031034]

GoPro > Protune settings > Sharpness: Low

Need to sharpen (in Premiere Pro CC 2019) about 10 hrs of color corrected footage, shot at 2.7K 4:3.

Looking for a method that produces quality/professional results.

I'm an ameteur users and would greatly appreciate any recommended settings you can provide as guidance.

Appreciate any insights and recommendations you can offer.

Many thanks!

[Ann Bens]

Obvious question: why is sharpness low in camera and in order for you to raise it again in Premiere.

Lumetri has a sharpen effect (use it wisely)

Could use an adjustment layer.

[briant17031034]

Thank you for your response, Ann. Apparently, GoPro adds sharpening to the footage it records and generally it looks pleasing. But in this case, I followed a recommendation to turn off the camera's applied sharpening to allow for flexibility in post to add a level of sharpening one may prefer instead. I'm new to GoPro and Premiere Pro, so still learning what's best.

[Ann Bens]

Sharpening in post can result in disappointment.

Might look nice in the timeline but it still needs to be exported.

Compression can make sharpening look awful.

Hence the remark: use it wisely (as in very little).

[chrisw44157881]

i would never use sharpen or if I did like 0.001%. use the Un-sharp effect instead. you can also put it under a luma matte to only sharpen non-black areas. 

[briant17031034]

Thanks for your response—greatly appreciated. Do you have an approach (settings ) to using the Un-sharp effect that you find produces pleasing results?