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 following Reduce the amount to 40% Set radius to 5 pixels Choose Remove > Lens Blur Select 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