There are multiple ways to achieve the same thing in photoshop. Sharpening an image may sound easy enough to accomplish especially if you’re a seasoned designer, however, there were a few things that even I learned from this tutorial. Below are my notes. Check this video out and learn all the different ways to sharpen an image!
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- Unsharp Making
- Make duplicate Image layer / make smart object
- Filter / Unsharp Mask
- Don’t Sharpen till the image glows
- Camera Raw Filter
- Make duplicate Image layer / make smart object
- Filter / Camera Raw Filter
- Amount High / Radius Low
- Y Icon at bottom shows before and after
- Hold Alt/masking shows you where it’s applying
- Basic / Clarity will increase sharpening
- Sharpen Tool
- Make duplicate Image layer / make smart object
- Select Sharpen Tool from the toolbar
- Make sure Protect Detail is selected
- Brush in sharpening
- High Pass
- Make duplicate Image layer / make smart object / Name it Blur
- Make duplicate Image layer / make smart object / Name it High Pass
- Gaussian Blur / 3px
- Filter / Other / High Pass / 3px
- Blending mode / Linear Light
- Create Group
- Apply Mask / make all black
- Brush in sharpness
- LAB Method
- Image / Color Mode / LAB
- Channels / Lightness
- Unsharp mask
- Image / Color Mode / RGB
- Mixed Method
- Sharpen tool
- Paint in sharpening areas
- Filter / Other / High Pass / 2 to 3px
- Linear Light
- Turn down the opacity to lower the effect
- Mixed Method 2
- Make duplicate Image layer / make smart object
- Filter / Camera Raw Filter
- raise amount / radius / detail / masking
- raise clarity
- Double click for Layer Style
- Blend if
- Underlying Layer
- lower blacks and whites
- Hold down alt to move sliders for even more detail
- lower blacks and whites
- Underlying Layer
- Mixed Method 3
- Sharpen Brush
- 20% brush
- paint in detail
- Filter / Other / High Pass
- Linear Light
- tone it down using opacity
- Sharpen Brush
