Comments on: Photoshop: Smarter sharpening with the High Pass filter

By: Doree

Doree — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:44:47 +0000

Just want to thank the author for the nice tutorial as well as all the commentators for the great tips. Very useful. I have recently discovered the power of the “blend-if” sliders and am looking forward to trying it out on some of my sharpening jobs.

By: Gustaf

Gustaf — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:29:32 +0000

When I use this technique I always use the blend mode “Linear light” and that’s the way I’ve been taught. I don’t know how different it is but I’m really pleased with the results.

By: Nicholas Down

Nicholas Down — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:18:00 +0000

A useful addition to this technique, courtesy of Martin Evening and Jeff Schewe is to use the Blend IF sliders in the sharpening layer if you want to only sharpen the mid-tones. For instance, set the Blend IF to sliders to split at about 75-125 and 165-210 (aproximate values).
This technique is discussed in their book entitled Adobe CS4: The Ultimate Workshop( 2009)

By: Sam Logan

Sam Logan — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:43:12 +0000

Thanks for the tutorial, I love this technique, it’s works a lot better than the traditional sharpening tool.

By: nina_s

nina_s — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:28:00 +0000

thanks for the tutorial.. me too have been wondering how to use the high pass filter for sharpening purposes.. it’s been a great help! have a nice day!

By: Rusty Sterling

Rusty Sterling — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:51:17 +0000

This is a great technique. I’ve been using it a lot lately (almost too much but I’m playing and getting comfortable with the technique). The only thing I’ve found is that it hasn’t been useful when I only want to sharpen a portion of a shot — the eyes of a subject for example. But for an entire image it works just great.

By: Suzanne Lednor

Suzanne Lednor — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:44:38 +0000

Great tutorial for more details we have a similar version

http://www.mutinydesign.co.uk/web-design-resources/sharpening-photographs-in-photoshop-using-the-high-pass-filter

By: servo101

servo101 — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:01:59 +0000

Sorry, mistake in link…they should really allow edits to comments…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/servo101/3517678861/

By: servo101

servo101 — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:01:14 +0000

Excellent tutorial. I’ve mostly been using Smart Sharpen on CS4 but this is way better and I see better results. here is an example of a shot where I used the High Pass filter for sharpening

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/servo101/3517678861/]

As you can see, the edges on the dog’s fur are very well defined.

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:44:08 +0000

I have been teaching this method of sharpening in my classes for a while now. Just as it says, you often get great effect in just sharpening around the edges. With a layer mask, you can then erase the parts of the image that you don’t want to sharpen, and again, like all of the best features of photoshop, it’s non-destructive.

Thanks, I’m going to point my students to this page to ensure they have a clear and concise explanation of how it’s done.