Sharpen

Brush the Sharpen adjustment on an image

You use the Sharpen Quick Brush adjustment to fine-tune details in a specific area of an image.

Figure. Image before and after a Sharpen Quick Brush adjustment.

Selectively sharpen an image

  1. Select a photo.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • In the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, choose Quick Brushes > Sharpen from the Add Adjustment pop-up menu.

    • In the tool strip, choose Sharpen from the Quick Brush pop-up menu .

    The Sharpen Brush HUD appears, and the Sharpen adjustment controls appear in the Adjustments inspector and the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, if both are shown.

  3. Specify the brush stroke settings using the controls in the Sharpen Brush HUD.

    For more information, see Apply Quick Brush adjustments and Work with brush strokes.

  4. Brush the adjustment on the area of the image that you want to sharpen.

Modify the Sharpen adjustment after it has been applied to an image

  1. Select a photo with the Sharpen adjustment applied to it.

  2. In the Sharpen area of the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, use the Amount parameter controls to modify the strength of the adjustment.

    Figure. Controls in the Sharpen area of the Adjustments inspector.