Image Sharpening

ɪ́mədʒ ʃárpənɪŋ
Term:
Description: Image sharpening is an effect applied to digital images to give them a sharper appearance. Almost all lenses can benefit from at least a small amount of sharpening. Sharpening is applied in-camera to JPEG images at a level specified by the photographer or at the default set by the camera manufacturer. Lightroom automatically applies some sharpening to images unless it is instructed not to. For further sharpening, there are Photoshop techniques and filters like Unsharp Mask and Smart Sharpen to do the job. Sharpening works best on images whose blur did not stem from camera shake or drastically missed focus, though minor camera shake or slightly out-of-focus shots can also be fixed with sharpening.

Related Articles to Image Sharpening Definition

Photography home studio cheap
Flash Photography

How to Create a Home Portrait Studio

Pye Jirsa
Follow along as we set up a home portrait "studio" (with a budget cap of $20 for a reflector), capture our shot using whatever gear we already have (including a phone camera), and edit...
Lightroom

How To Sharpen Photos In Lightroom

Holly Roa
Every photographer loves a sharp image. So much attention is given to choosing the gear that can make the sharpest photos, but so often photos will need just a little finessing in post to...
Photoshop, Camera Raw

Quick Masking & Sharpening With Camera Raw & The Camera Raw Filter

Kishore Sawh
Camera Raw has a sharpening option that is an incredible tool which does some sort of witchcraft to mask all the right spots on an image to be sharpened. And, it's entirely easy and...
Photoshop

Sharpening | So Many Get It Wrong & This Will Help You Get It Right

Kishore Sawh
Sharpening is one of those things that are widely misunderstood in our community and so many get it wrong. . It can render a photo useless as quickly as it can improve it. Here's...