High Pass Sharpening
As with most things in Photoshop, there are several ways to sharpen an image. One of my favorite ways is by using the High Pass filter:
1. Duplicate the layer you want to sharpen.
2. Go to Filter>Other>High Pass
3. Enter a radius of 1-10, click OK
4. On your layers palette, set the blending mode to Hard Light
5. Drop the layer opacity until you find the strength you like
I like this method because I can control it more. Also, it's not destructive since you can easily delete the duplicate layer you made. Hope this is useful for you!
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Awesome!
I would have never thought of using this method to sharpen up my photos up until now. This is quick and works great! Thanks for the tip!
you can do
you can do basically the same thing using these steps:
1) convert the layer you want to sharpen to a smart object
2) apply a smart sharpen
3) tweak the settings
because it's a smart object the filter will be non-destructive AND you can edit the filter settings after the fact by double clicking on the drop down filter in the layers panel.
thanks!
never tried that one before, there's something a little different about it, and it works well, so thanks for letting us know.
Very Helpful
Thank you, this certainly helps me with my work.
Cool!
Not bad!
I use Unsharp Mask:
1. 75%, 3, 2
or
2. 50%, 2, 1
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I Agree
I used to always use USM to sharpen up my images but lately I've been using high pass more often. It has a different sharpening effect compared to USM.
Something to share:
Instead of hard light, I use linear light. And I do it twice with the second one being of lesser strength than the first since there are times when I get a halo on my image. I definitely agree that you have to adjust the opacity a bit so it blends into the original image.
Hope this helped!
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