Adobe 23101764 Tutorial - Page 37

SHARPENING/SOFTENING SHARPENING If your digital photos are slightly out of focus, you can use the basic sharpening technique to make your images look crisper. To sharpen your photo, follow the steps below: 1. Open an image you wish to sharpen. Note that this technique can sharpen images that are only slightly blurry. 2. Use the Zoom Tool to make sure you are viewing your image in its full size, that is, at 100%. 3. In the main menu, go to Filter> Sharpen> Unsharp Mask. You will see the Unsharp Mask dialog box (Figure 1). 4. Figure 1. Unsharp Mask dialog box 5. Enter 125 for the Amount, 1 for the Radius, and 3 for the Threshold. 6. Click OK. You will see how the image has become more in focus. SOFTENING Sometimes you might not want objects or people in your photos look too sharp, in this case you can use a softening technique. To soften am image, follow these steps: 1. Open the image you wish to soften. 2. In the main menu, choose Layer > Duplicate Layer. You will have a new layer called Background Copy. 3. In the main menu, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. In the Gaussian Blur dialog box, type in 4 for Radius, or drag the slider to this position (Figure 2). Adobe Photoshop CS 37