Well there's been a few threads people sharing know how, so thought i'd share this. Hopefully will be a help to someone out there!
Here's a quick guide on the way I sharpen images using Photoshop CS3... I'm not saying it's the BEST way or 100% accurate, but, it's quick and seems to work pretty well. Can't remember exactly where/who I picked this up from, but credit should go to them!
Start off with your image in need of sharpening:
Open it up in Photoshop:
Go to
Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen as shown below:
This box will then pop up and Photoshop will give you some crappy default settings:
Change the settings to match these:
Amount: 100%
Radius: 0.2 (ish, although can be adjusted depended how sharp you want to go)
Remove: Lens Blur
Your settings will then look like this:
Then click
OK, and you're done!
Final sharpened image:
Here are too cropped sections to compare; the detail in the eyes and hair is much more defined.
I could have probably even gone a little less sharp on this by adjusting the Amount % or Radius accordingly, but this was just for a quick example.
And that's it!
Guide: Sharpening
Linear Mode
