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Post by surfbug on Mar 9, 2022 15:45:18 GMT
My image is blurry. Which tool do I use adjust sharpness from the enhane menu or sharpen tool from the menu or high pass from the filter? will I change the opacity as well?
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Post by hmca on Mar 9, 2022 21:36:42 GMT
surfbug , I no longer use PE but to get you started I did find this tutorial which may be helpful to you. Others may have additional advice to offer.
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Post by Sepiana on Mar 9, 2022 22:16:07 GMT
My image is blurry. Which tool do I use adjust sharpness from the enhane menu or sharpen tool from the menu or high pass from the filter? will I change the opacity as well? Hi surfbug, This is a tough question. As you have learnt, Elements offers more than one way to sharpen images. You just have to experiment and see which one will work best on your image(s). Tools Panel > Sharpen tool (shortcut = R)This tool is designed to sharpen details (specific areas) in your image rather than sharpen the entire image. You drag this brush over the areas to be sharpened. Enhance > Unsharp MaskAdjust the sliders until you like the resulting sharpness in your image. Enhance > Adjust SharpnessBack in Elements 13, Adobe "renewed" this feature. Now it gives you much more control. There are new settings which allow for a more accurate sharpening. They enable you to sharpen the dark and light areas in your image (Shadows/Highlights). Filter > Other > High PassThis filter (applied on a duplicate layer) allows you to adjust the layer's opacity. The usually recommended layer blending mode is Overlay. You can also experiment with the other blending modes in that group. NOTE:When it comes to sharpening your images, just be careful not to over sharpen. You will know you have gone too far when your image displays halos (around subject edges) and sharpening artifacts (spots, etc.). Just experiment a bit until you find which setting adjustments will work best for a given image. The consensus among the experts is to follow this rule of thumb -- "last and once". Sharpening should be your last step because it can affect (undermine) other adjustments you need to make later in your editing workflow. Sharpening should be done once; repeated sharpening can degrade the quality of your image. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Mar 11, 2022 8:16:41 GMT
My image is blurry. Which tool do I use adjust sharpness from the enhane menu or sharpen tool from the menu or high pass from the filter? will I change the opacity as well? Depending on how blurry, there may not be anything that will help. Is it blurry from subject or camera motion; or, is it blurry from improper focus ? One sharpening trick that I use a lot and will not create such noticeable halos as some of the other methods is High Pass Sharpening. Before starting, make a duplicate layer or a merge-visible(hold the ALT key before and while clicking Merge Visible) layer at the top of your layer stack. Then Filter > Other > High Pass I normally set the slider at "8" This will turn your layer a blurry grey. Now, from this point, you have a lot of controllable options. In the Layer Mode menu, choose Soft Light and see if this is enough. If not, change the Mode to Hard Light. If that is not quite enough, duplicate the High Pass layer; each time you duplicate the High Pass layer, it is doubling the effect of your sharpening. You may want to lessen layer Opacity to tune in the effect to suit. Don't go at this like you are walking on rotten eggs; don't be afraid to really lay the sharpening to it; a blurred image is going to take some sharpening. You can always return to your unmolested original image by either discarding layers or turning off layer visibility and no harm has been done. |
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Post by Sepiana on Mar 12, 2022 18:43:11 GMT
My image is blurry. Which tool do I use adjust sharpness from the enhane menu or sharpen tool from the menu or high pass from the filter? will I change the opacity as well? surfbug, I came across this video by George Peirson. He discusses different techniques to address blurry images. How You Can Sharpen Blurry Photos using Photoshop ElementsYou mentioned in another thread you have PSE 2020. You may want to check the Shake Reduction feature he suggests. Adobe introduced it back in PSE 14. |
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