Chapter 12. Sharpening

Photography: Wilhelm Scholz, Client: AEG Computer art: Robert Bowen, www.bowenstudio.com

Obviously, you failed to detect the subtle diamond pattern in my tie.

—Niles from Frasier

We'll cover the new Reduce Noise and Smart Sharpen filters in this chapter.

This chapter is about those very subtle details that can make the difference between a so-so image and one that pops off the page. Almost all digital images start life looking slightly soft. It's just a fact of life that all of our capture devices (digital cameras, scanners, ...

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