Comments on: How to Sharpen Photos: An Introduction http://www.digital-photography-school.com/an-introduction-to-sharpening-photos Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:32:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SMiGL http://www.digital-photography-school.com/an-introduction-to-sharpening-photos/comment-page-1#comment-83505 SMiGL Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:03:57 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4280#comment-83505 Great article. Thanks Great article. Thanks

]]> By: mona http://www.digital-photography-school.com/an-introduction-to-sharpening-photos/comment-page-1#comment-44689 mona Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:32:44 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4280#comment-44689 great quick tutorial on how to accomplish sharpening without over-sharpening. :D great quick tutorial on how to accomplish sharpening without over-sharpening. :D

]]> By: dan http://www.digital-photography-school.com/an-introduction-to-sharpening-photos/comment-page-1#comment-44619 dan Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:06:20 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4280#comment-44619 thanks for agreat article. should i need to resahrpen after resizing the image? thanks for agreat article.
should i need to resahrpen after resizing the image?

]]> By: Erik Snoey http://www.digital-photography-school.com/an-introduction-to-sharpening-photos/comment-page-1#comment-44577 Erik Snoey Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:45:45 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4280#comment-44577 After the processing of unsharpening I usually unsharp again with amount between 20 and 25 and radius between 75 and 85. I don't know how to say this in English: the image becomes more colorful. ES After the processing of unsharpening I usually unsharp again with amount between 20 and 25 and radius between 75 and 85.
I don’t know how to say this in English: the image becomes more colorful.

ES

]]> By: Angie http://www.digital-photography-school.com/an-introduction-to-sharpening-photos/comment-page-1#comment-44516 Angie Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:07:53 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4280#comment-44516 Great tutorial, thank you! I've read several and they just never answered my questions- this one did. I generally sharpen with the High Pass filter, but now I think I might give the Unsharp Mask a try. Great tutorial, thank you! I’ve read several and they just never answered my questions- this one did. I generally sharpen with the High Pass filter, but now I think I might give the Unsharp Mask a try.

]]> By: Alan Nielsen http://www.digital-photography-school.com/an-introduction-to-sharpening-photos/comment-page-1#comment-44490 Alan Nielsen Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:54:10 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4280#comment-44490 for Jonathan and John: I don't go into "lab" any more and choose the "lightness" channel. Just do your sharpening, then go to "edit" and about 4th down from the top it should say, "fade unsharpen mask". Click on that, from there you can click no the drop down and choose "lightness". if you want to do a second pass of sharpening, I'll do the samething again, fade the sharpening again the same way, but drop the opacity to maybe 75% or so. for Jonathan and John:

I don’t go into “lab” any more and choose the “lightness” channel. Just do your sharpening, then go to “edit” and about 4th down from the top it should say, “fade unsharpen mask”. Click on that, from there you can click no the drop down and choose “lightness”.

if you want to do a second pass of sharpening, I’ll do the samething again, fade the sharpening again the same way, but drop the opacity to maybe 75% or so.

]]> By: melabonbon http://www.digital-photography-school.com/an-introduction-to-sharpening-photos/comment-page-1#comment-44455 melabonbon Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:48:05 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4280#comment-44455 Thank you for this article. Sharpening is something I really need practice with but could never really figure out, but this article is very helpful. I don't have Photoshop (too pricey for me) but there are definitely details in this article that I can apply to the post-production programs I do use. The basic concepts, etc. Thank you for this article. Sharpening is something I really need practice with but could never really figure out, but this article is very helpful. I don’t have Photoshop (too pricey for me) but there are definitely details in this article that I can apply to the post-production programs I do use. The basic concepts, etc.

]]> By: dcclark http://www.digital-photography-school.com/an-introduction-to-sharpening-photos/comment-page-1#comment-44449 dcclark Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:29:50 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4280#comment-44449 Very useful. One of the most important things I learned about sharpening is that it doesn't just "sharpen", but it can really make detail show through. If you have something with a lot of texture, sharpening will help make the image "pop". That's an important distinction, although a subtle one! (Here's an example of an image where sharpening brought out a lot of fine detail: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcclark/3331980036/" rel="nofollow">Doorways</a>. The original had a sort of smear around the door frame (it's wood), and the pitted cement didn't really show up either. Sharpening made those actually visible! Very useful. One of the most important things I learned about sharpening is that it doesn’t just “sharpen”, but it can really make detail show through. If you have something with a lot of texture, sharpening will help make the image “pop”. That’s an important distinction, although a subtle one!

(Here’s an example of an image where sharpening brought out a lot of fine detail: Doorways. The original had a sort of smear around the door frame (it’s wood), and the pitted cement didn’t really show up either. Sharpening made those actually visible!

]]> By: johnny http://www.digital-photography-school.com/an-introduction-to-sharpening-photos/comment-page-1#comment-44447 johnny Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:22:26 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4280#comment-44447 Good article and can be used for GIMP too. And yes,photoshop is great but because financial reasons I use GIMP. And GIMP is great and I like to work on GIMP so if you can give us some articles related to it. Good article and can be used for GIMP too. And yes,photoshop is great but because financial reasons I use GIMP. And GIMP is great and I like to work on GIMP so if you can give us some articles related to it.

]]> By: Mike http://www.digital-photography-school.com/an-introduction-to-sharpening-photos/comment-page-1#comment-44444 Mike Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:27:06 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=4280#comment-44444 I third Jonathan's comment on lab color lightness channel . Been using it for a year now. I third Jonathan’s comment on lab color lightness channel . Been using it for a year now.

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