Photoshop Tutorial: Overlay Pt. 2 - High Pass

February 18th, 2008

Sharpening is a crucial technique for any photographer to master.  Almost any digital image (and most film images as well) looks better with some amount of sharpening.  But unfortunately sharpening often involves adding artifacts as well as sharpness to the image.  Here we will discuss a technique that allows the photographer ultimate control of their sharpening process, allowing him to fine tune the sharpening process in ways not available with other sharpening methods.

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The next tutorial in the series will use the same high pass filter to create dramatic contrast effects used frequently in commercial photography currently.

-Chad

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