ABSTRACT
The art of advanced sharpening The best sharpening techniques are those that prioritize the important areas for sharpening and leave the smoother areas of the image well alone, e.g. sharpening the eyes of a portrait but avoiding the skin texture. These advanced techniques are essential when sharpening images that have been scanned from fi lm or have excessive noise, neither of which needs accentuating by the Unsharp Mask. So let the project begin.
