Beginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMP: Learn to Retouch and Restore Your Photos like a Pro

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P. WhittBeginning Photo Retouching and Restoration Using GIMPhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9265-5_9

9. Sharpening Images

Phillip Whitt¹  

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Columbus, GA, USA

 

In This Chapter

• Sharpening—The Final Step

• The Unsharp Mask Filter

• High Pass Sharpening

Sharpening—The Final Step

In many instances, the images you work with will benefit from a little sharpening. After you complete your retouching/restoration steps, sharpening should be the final step in the editing process. Images are also generally sharpened after downscaling (such as those being prepared for use on the Web). This process will not correct images that are out of focus and blurry, but it will improve ...