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

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8 Click More Accurate
( changes to ).
9 Click and drag the
Amount slider slowly
to the left just until the
halos are no longer
visible.
Note: You can click and
drag the Radius slider to
increase the edges
affected.
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL
0 Click OK.
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The image appears sharper.
! Double-click the Zoom tool to
view the image at 100%.
@ Press and hold the spacebar and
click and drag in the image to
view different areas and check
the sharpening.
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TIPS
Did You Know?
Digital sharpening is actually an
illusion. It does not actually
sharpen anything but rather
exaggerates edges by increasing
the contrast of adjacent pixels.
Sharpening cannot correct an
image blurred from camera shake
or a moving subject.
More Options!
You can also paint on the Smart
Filter’s layer mask to remove the
sharpening from different regions
in the image. You can also use the
Sharpen tool ( ) to paint directly
over specific areas to sharpen
them. You can even sharpen
individual color channels, such as
the red and green channels, to
avoid exaggerating the noise in the
third channel.
Important!
The amount of sharpening to apply
is often a matter of personal
choice. Oversharpening creates a
halo effect around the edges. To
sharpen images for viewing
on-screen, sharpen until the image
looks pleasing on your calibrated
monitor. To sharpen images for
print, add just enough sharpening
so the image looks slightly
oversharpened on the monitor.
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