Advanced sharpening techniques

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2. Advanced sharpening techniques. Tutorial. Increase the pixel radius in the High Pass dialog box. until you achieve the correct amount …

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Advanced sharpening techniques
Most if not all digital images require sharpening, even if
shot on a state of the art digital megaresolution SLR
with pin-sharp focusing. Most cameras or scanners can
sharpen as the image is captured but the highest quality
sharpening is to be found in the image editing software.
Sharpening in Adobe?Photoshop?CS2 will allow you
to select the precise amount of sharpening and the areas
of the image that require sharpening most. If sharpening
for screen it is very much a case of “what you see
is what you get.” For images destined for print however,
the monitor preview is just that - a preview. The actual
amount of sharpening required for optimum image
quality is usually a little more than looks comfortable
on screen-especially when using a TFT monitor
(flat panel).
The best sharpening techniques prioritize certain areas; in this case,
sharpening the eyes of a portrait but avoiding the skin texture.
The basic concept of sharpening is to send the Unsharp
Mask filter or Smart Sharpen filter on a “seek and
manipulate” mission. These filters are programmed to
make the…