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High Pass Sharpening

By Larry Becker  ·  July 31st, 2012

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Larry introduces you to a fantastic way of sharpening your images before printing them – using the High Pass filter!

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Look Sharp

By Lesa Snider  ·  July 27th, 2012

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Which of Elements’ many sharpening tools to use on your photo? We explain the differences and show you how to get the best results from each tool for crisp, clear details every time.

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Cloud Sharpening

By Larry Becker  ·  June 25th, 2012

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As wacky as it sounds, sharpening clouds can give your landscape photos a quality POP! Larry takes you through the process with a very basic step-by-step.

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Make the Switch to Raw

By Ben Long  ·  February 29th, 2012

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Push your edits further and save photos that might otherwise be ruined by shooting in your camera’s Raw mode. We’ll show you how to get started.

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Edge Mask Sharpening in Camera Raw

By Mike Rodriguez  ·  December 8th, 2011

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Use the Masking slider inside Camera Raw’s Sharpening tab get the best possible sharpening–via an edge mask–before bringing your photo into Elements.

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Digging Into Camera Raw

By Mike Rodriguez  ·  November 13th, 2011

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Mike uses three different images — landscape, portrait, and an underexposed photo — to illustrate how to work with the tools and sliders inside Camera Raw.

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Edge Sharpening Secrets

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  May 30th, 2011

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Matt shares one of his favorite techniques for sharpening landscape photos, using an edge mask created from the Find Edges filter.

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A Smarter Way to Sharpen

By Liz Ness  ·  July 29th, 2010

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For portraits and photos with shallow depth of field, the High Pass filter lets you focus your sharpening power just where you need it.

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Blur, Sharpen, Smudge, Dodge, Burn Tools

By Mike Rodriguez  ·  January 1st, 2010

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Being able to manipulate certain aspects of your image is a very powerful skill to have. Mike shows you all the tools that will allow you to enhance different aspects of your images for big impact and results.

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Sharpening Images

By Mike Rodriguez  ·  January 1st, 2010

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A lot of your images may need a bit of sharpening to bring out the details you may miss otherwise. Mike shows you how to use a light hand when bringing out details in your images.

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Sharpening Comparison

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  March 9th, 2009

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Matt walks you through the two ways to sharpen in Elements.

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Elements Retouching

By RC Concepcion  ·  April 9th, 2008

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Learn how to color correct and sharpen your images.

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Sharpening Only The Eyes In A Portrait

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  January 5th, 2008

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Sharpening is one of the key steps to making your portraits really stand out. But the specific areas that are sharpened are nearly as important as the sharpening itself.

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High Pass Sharpening

By Corey Barker  ·  December 9th, 2007

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Corey shares one of his favorite sharpening techniques — High Pass Sharpening.

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Edge Sharpening

By Corey Barker  ·  April 20th, 2007

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Corey shares some of his favorite sharpening techniques.

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Quick Sharpening

By Dave Cross  ·  February 16th, 2007

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Dave walks you through a quick and flexible sharpening technique.

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Softening Skin After Sharpening

By Dave Cross  ·  September 18th, 2006

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Dave shows you the Smart Blur filter and how you can soften a sharpened portrait.

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Adjust Sharpness

By Dave Cross  ·  September 12th, 2006

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Dave introduces you to the Adjust Sharpness feature available in Elements 5.

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Sharpening In Elements

By Jan Kabili  ·  January 3rd, 2006

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Shooting, scanning, resampling, and printing digital files naturally introduce softness. You can compensate for some of that softness by applying these sharpening techniques in Elements.

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Restoration Station

By Sara Froehlich  ·  October 1st, 2005

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Burn and dodge your way to correct exposure.

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