

PHOTOSHOP CS3 FILTER EFFECTS FOR NIKON SKIN
sharpening the eyes of a portrait but avoiding the skin texture. The best sharpening techniques are those that prioritize the important areas for sharpening and leave the smoother areas of the image well alone, e.g. Too much and people in your images start to look radioactive (they glow), not enough and the viewers of your images start reaching for the reading glasses they don't own.

Think of it as a localized contrast control. These filters are programmed to make the pixels on the lighter side of any edge it finds lighter still, and the pixels on the darker side of the edge darker. The basic concept of sharpening is to send the Unsharp Mask filter or Smart Sharpen filter on a “seek and manipulate” mission. The best sharpening techniques prioritize certain areas in this case, sharpening the eyes of a portrait but avoiding the skin texture. The actual amount of sharpening required for optimum image quality is usually a little more than looks comfortable on screenespecially when using a TFT monitor (flat panel). 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. 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. 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. Most if not all digital images require sharpening, even if shot on a state of the art digital megaresolution SLR with pin-sharp focusing.
PHOTOSHOP CS3 FILTER EFFECTS FOR NIKON HOW TO
How To Sharpen An Image In Photoshop Advanced Photoshop Sharpening TechniquesĪdapted from " Photoshop CS2: Essential Skills" by Mark Galer and Philip Andrews Download any Adobe product for a free 30 day trial.
