Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

SELECTIVELY SHARPEN JUST THE EYES to add focus
The final step to enhancing the eyes in a photograph
is to sharpen the eye area. You want to add focus and
draw the viewer into the photo, but you may not want
to sharpen the rest of the face or the skin. You can
selectively sharpen the eyes by using a Sharpen filter
and then applying the filter with the History panel and
History Brush.
You can use not only the Unsharp Mask filter for
sharpening, but also the Smart Sharpen filter. This
filter is not only easier to use, but it also has added
features including a much larger preview.
After sharpening the entire portrait, you hide the
effect using the History panel to go back to a version
of the photo before the sharpening was applied. Then,
using the History Brush, you can paint the sharpening
effect specifically on the eye area where you want to
draw the focus.
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1 Arrange the workspace panels to
see both the Layers panel and the
History panel.
2 Press Ô+J (Ctrl+J) to duplicate the
Background layer.
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3 Double-click the Zoom tool to
view the image at 100%.
4 Press the spacebar, click in the
image, and move it to see the
eyes.
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5 Click Filter.
6 Click Sharpen.
7 Click Smart Sharpen.
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The Smart Sharpen dialog box
appears.
8 Click in the Preview pane and
drag to see the eyes area.
9 Click the Remove drop-down
menu and select Lens Blur.
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0 Click and drag the Radius slider
to 1.5 to increase the area to be
sharpened.
! Click and drag the Amount slider
to sharpen the eye, generally
between 80 and 115 percent.
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@ Click More Accurate ( changes
to ).
# Click OK to apply the sharpening.
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