Post on 13-Jan-2016
Aim: How can we use Photoshop to sharpen edges in an image?Do Now: Open the image you worked with yesterday
Sharpening Edges
Sharpening edges improves the clarity of an image
Image sharpen works in Photoshop by increasing the contrast of adjacent pixels
Sharpening an image enables you to focus blurry areas of an image
Photoshop has several sharpen filters, including Sharpen, Unsharp Mask, Sharpen Edges and Smart Sharpen
Sharpening Edges
Smart Sharpen
For this image you will use Smart Sharpen
Smart Sharpen is a filter sharpens an image while also reducing noise in an image
Smart Sharpen lets you specify whether the filter is applied to the overall image, to its shadows, or to its highlights
Steps for Using Smart Sharpen
Choose Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen
In the dialog box do the followingReduce the amount to 40%Set radius to 5 pixelsChoose Remove > Lens BlurSelect the more accurate check box
Experiment with the options to see how the image would change
Once you are done save the image in your portfolio
Assignment
Download 10 images
Apply the sharpen filter to the images
Save the before and after files in lesson nine folder