Digital Photoguide

Part 25 - Sharpness Problems

August 2006 Magazine

Images can sometimes have sharpness problems which ruin their appearance. This article explains some techniques for improving sharpness.

To see the difference between “before” and “after” versions, position your mouse over the image below.
(NOTE: it may be necessary to hold your mouse pointer over the image for a few seconds to allow the web browser to change the picture)

To put the image in perspective, the whole completed image is shown below.

The article recommends the Focus Magic Photoshop plugin for modifying the image to improve sharpness. This does a great job but you may be unfortunate when using it to find that Photoshop gives you an ‘out of memory’ error. The solution is described in the article ‘Memory Settings for Photoshop’.

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