{"id":16833,"date":"2016-05-04T11:55:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T15:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=16833"},"modified":"2023-12-02T12:47:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T17:47:07","slug":"how-to-avoid-common-over-sharpening-artifacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/16833\/how-to-avoid-common-over-sharpening-artifacts\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Avoid Common Over-Sharpening Artifacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"size-full wp-image-44403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2_Oversharpened-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1522\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>over sharpened<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can easily see the artifacts digital sharpening produces by intentionally overdoing it.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the seven most common digital sharpening artifacts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Noise<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Exaggerated Texture<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Visible Light Halos<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Visible Dark Lines<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Loss of Highlight Detail<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Loss of Shadow Detail<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Increased Saturation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These artifacts can be reduced in one or more ways. Here\u2019s a list of options for each.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Noise<br \/>\n<\/strong>Raise Unsharp Mask\u2019s Threshold.<br \/>\nUse High Pass sharpening.<br \/>\nBlur High Pass layers.<br \/>\nMask select image areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Exaggerated Texture<\/strong><br \/>\nReduce Unsharp Mask\u2019s Amount.<br \/>\nUse High Pass sharpening.<br \/>\nBlur High Pass layers.<br \/>\nMask select image areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Visible Light Halos<\/strong><br \/>\nReduce Unsharp Mask\u2019s Radius to make halos thinner.<br \/>\nReduce Unsharp Mask\u2019s Amount to make halos darker.<br \/>\nSet the Blend Mode of the Unsharp Mask filter or layer it is applied to Darken.<br \/>\nUse High Pass sharpening for softer more feathered contour accentuation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Visible Dark Lines<\/strong><br \/>\nReduce Unsharp Mask\u2019s Radius to make halos thinner.<br \/>\nReduce Unsharp Mask\u2019s Amount to make halos darker.<br \/>\nSet the Blend Mode of the Unsharp Mask filter or layer it is applied to Lighten.<br \/>\nUse High Pass sharpening for softer more feathered contour accentuation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Loss of Highlight Detail<\/strong><br \/>\nUse a sharpened layer\u2019s Layer Styles \/ Blend If sliders to recover it.<br \/>\nMask the highlights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Loss of Shadow Detail<\/strong><br \/>\nUse the Blend If sliders in Layer Styles to recover it.<br \/>\nMask the shadows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Increased Saturation<\/strong><br \/>\nChange the blend mode of the filter or sharpened layer to Luminosity.<br \/>\nDesaturate High Pass layers.<\/p>\n<br><script src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js\"><\/script><form method=\"post\" id=\"los-pp-form\"><table cellpadding=\"7\" style=\"background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #C0C0C0\"><tr><td colspan=\"2\">Insights Members can login to read the full article.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Email:<\/td><td> <input name=\"los_pp_email\" type=\"text\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><button class=\"g-recaptcha\" type=\"submit\" data-sitekey=\"6LecTYkqAAAAAHJvkyBxFs7D81oS4wjaoHknShEt\" data-callback=\"onSubmit\">Login<\/button> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/get-news\/\">Sign up<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/form><script> function onSubmit(token) { document.getElementById(\"los-pp-form\").submit(); } <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>over sharpened You can easily see the artifacts digital sharpening produces by intentionally overdoing it. 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