Photoshop Sharpening Power Workshop

Takes a detailed look at the concepts, tools, and techniques involved in achieving optimal sharpness in your images.Virtually all digital images need some degree of sharpening to look their best, but it's not always easy to find the right way to go about it. This workshop from leading Adobe Photoshop expert Tim Grey dispels many myths and misunderstandings about sharpening, teaches you the underlying concepts involved in sharpening, shows you a wide variety of methods you can use to apply sharpening, and helps you determine which technique is best for a given image. In addition to Photoshop's native sharpening tools, learn how to make use of the options available in Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw, and third-party plugins like Nik Sharpener Pro and PhotoKit Sharpener. The workshop concludes with several projects designed to help reinforce your knowledge of sharpening. See how to apply sharpening and softening to different areas of an image, apply creative sharpening to specific areas, and sharpen a black-and-white image. Topics include: When to sharpen Zoom settings for sharpening Sharpening RAW captures Preparing a photo for output and sharpening Using Unsharp Mask and Smart Sharpen Creative and targeted sharpening Using advanced blending options Multiple-pass sharpening Using third-party tools