Make your photos look sharper.
What you'll need
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What you learned
Understand how sharpening works
Sharpening increases the contrast at image edges, making in-focus areas of a photo look sharper.
Sharpen a photo nondestructively
Before applying a sharpening filter, like Unsharp Mask, convert the photo into a smart object. This allows you to sharpen without permanently altering your photo and gives you the option to change the sharpening effect later.
Use the Unsharp Mask filter to sharpen a photo
The Unsharp Mask filter is a relatively simple way to sharpen a photo. Drag the Amount slider to set the strength of the sharpening effect and the Radius slider to control the width of the sharpening effect at image edges. There’s also a Threshold slider you can use to avoid sharpening grain or smooth areas.
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