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Sharpen your photos - Lightroom Tutorial
From the course: Lightroom Quick Start
Sharpen your photos
- [Instructor] Almost every photo that you take can benefit from some amount of sharpening. To sharpen your photo in Lightroom, go into the detail panel. Here you will see the sharpening slider. To get an accurate representation of the sharpening effect, click on the 100% icon to zoom in to the actual size of the photo. Any other zoom label could be inaccurate or misleading. Keep in mind that Lightroom can't actually bring back any detail that has been lost. Instead, Lightroom creates the illusion of sharpness and detail by increasing the edge contrast in your image. When you drag the sharpening slider to the right, Lightroom adds contrast to the edges of the image, creating the illusion of sharpness. Remember to keep your adjustments subtle. You can easily add edge haloes or even noise by pushing the sharpening slider too far. This is exactly what this red overlay on the slider is indicating. Moving the slider into the…
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