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High Pass Filter to Sharpen Your Image - 07-20-2008, 05:39 PM


As far as sharpening, has anyone used the High Pass filter under Other Filters? It works really well for me (at least on people and flowers).

In CS2, Duplicate image to a new layer, click Filter>Other>High Pass, choose radius at 10 (I usually range from 5 to 10, but start at 10), change layer attribute from Normal to Soft Light, then adjust the layer Opacity until you are ecstatic.

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As far as sharpening, has anyone used the High Pass filter under Other Filters? It works really well for me (at least on people and flowers).

In CS2, Duplicate image to a new layer, click Filter>Other>High Pass, choose radius at 10 (I usually range from 5 to 10, but start at 10), change layer attribute from Normal to Soft Light, then adjust the layer Opacity until you are ecstatic.

Anyone?

I've been using it for a bit.

You can also try Overlay, Hard Light, Vivid Light, Linear Light, and Pin Light. Each one produces a slightly different effect.

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07-20-2008, 07:22 PM


HPS works well in PaintShop Pro, it allows a bit more control than the standard sharpening versions.

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07-20-2008, 09:41 PM


High pass allows you to change the intensity, erase areas, etc.. It allows a lot of flexibility and is ib PS already.
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07-20-2008, 10:01 PM


I've just recently learned of this little gem, and I'm loving it. I desaturate the duplicated layer first, before doing the HP filter on it...and usually I set the mode to soft light, but I"ll have to play with other modes.

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07-21-2008, 10:05 AM


It's also great for preserving your original image on its own layer. No need for having to go back in history to remove an unsharp mask.

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07-21-2008, 10:24 AM


check this site out

http://www.thedigitalphotographyconnection.com/PFDP.php

there's one towards the bottom on using the High Pass Sharpen.
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