Chapter 9. Sharpening

Sharpening

In This Chapter

Sharpening a whole image with the Unsharp Mask filter

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Suggested Unsharp Mask filter settings

193

Sharpening midtones with the Unsharp Mask filter

194

Enhancing details with the High Pass filter

196

Sharpening areas selectively

198

Using the Smart Sharpen filter

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Selecting edges for sharpening

203

Sharpening edges

207

The difference between a sharpened photo and an unsharpened one may be subtle, but the former will look blah and undefined and the latter will have that extra, well, edge. In this chapter, you’ll learn how to use three sharpening filters in Photoshop: Unsharp Mask, High Pass, and Smart Sharpen.

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