Sharpening

1) Click the composite layer.

2) Go to Enhance > Adjust Sharpness.

The Adjust Sharpness window will appear.

3) The image in the Adjust Sharpness window should have an area with detail and an area with little detail.

Reposition the image in the Adjust Sharpness window by doing the following.

To do so, click, hold, and drag the image in the Adjust Sharpness window.

4) The settings in the Adjust Sharpness window are presented in this order: Amount, Radius, Remove, and More Refined.

However, they should be set in the order below.

Remove

Remove selects the sharpening method used to sharpen the image.

Try Lens Blur first.

Gaussian Blur

Gaussian Blur is the same as the Unsharp Mask filter method.

Sharpening is applied to the entire photograph.

Noise may be increased.

Lens Blur

Lens Blur is similar to the High Pass filter method.

Sharpening is applied mostly in the areas with detail, where sharpening is needed the most.

Areas with little detail, where sharpens is less needed, are sharpened little.

Noise is less likely to be increased with Lens Blur.

Motion Blur

Motion Blur reduces the effect of blur due to camera shake or subject movement.

Angle sets the direction of motion for the Motion Blur option of the Remove control.

Enter a number in the box or drag the angle dial.

Radius

Setting the Radius is like setting the size of the sharpening brush.

For a photograph with lots of detail, try a Radius setting of 1 to 2.

For a photograph with little detail, use a smaller Radius value, such as .5 to 1.

Amount

Amount is the "volume control" for sharpening.

Use a smaller value with a photograph with lots of detail.

For a photograph with little detail, use a higher value.

More Refined

Select More Refined to sharpen more slowly for more accurate removal of blurring.

Evaluating Sharpening

Use less sharpening for a photograph on a website, and more for a print.

Evaluating sharpening is discussed in more depth here, in regard to the USM filter method.

Compare

Click and hold on the image in the Adjust Sharpness window to see the photograph with no sharpening.

Release to see the sharpened photograph.