{"id":46035,"date":"2020-06-30T15:52:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T22:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/?p=46035"},"modified":"2020-06-30T15:52:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T22:52:25","slug":"sharpen-photo-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/sharpen-photo-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Sharpen a photo in Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the first things people want to know how to do in Photoshop, is to sharpen a photo. This would seen pretty easy, right? It’s not really clear to a beginner, because, they would choose the sharpen filter. Strangely this isn’t the best option. In this tutorial I’ll show you the best option along with explanations of what the different sliders do when you sharpen in Photoshop. As well as this easy sharpening technique, I’ll show a second more advanced, sharpening technique in Photoshop.<\/p>\n

Let’s start with this photo I shot of musician, Taylor Davis. Notice that Taylor is in focus and the foreground and background are out of focus. We want to sharpen the in focus area.<\/p>\n

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Choose Filter>Sharpen>Unsharp Mask<\/p>\n

This is the easiest tool to sharpen photos in Photoshop. (The video explains its name and how it works).<\/p>\n

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Let’s look at the 3 sliders one at a time, I will overdo then, so you can see what they do, then I’ll show you the actual settings to use.<\/p>\n

The Amount is how strong the sharpening effectis<\/p>\n

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The radius puts a halo around the edges, this adds contrast, which makes things look sharper. (Almost like clarity in Lightroom \/ ACR)<\/p>\n

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The threshold is how you adjust what gets sharpened.<\/p>\n