{"id":18205,"date":"2017-05-16T11:55:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T15:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=18205"},"modified":"2021-12-04T00:11:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T00:11:53","slug":"advantages-sharpening-photoshops-layers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/18205\/advantages-sharpening-photoshops-layers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Advantages Of Sharpening With Photoshop&#8217;s Layers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1_sharp_refraction_LXXIII1-copy.jpg\" alt=\"1_sharp_refraction_LXXIII1 copy\" width=\"425\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2_sharpenedlayerstack-copy.jpg\" alt=\"2_sharpenedlayerstack copy\" width=\"425\" height=\"329\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Layers have Blend Modes and can be masked<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3_layerstyle-copy.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3_layerstyle-copy.jpg\" alt=\"3_layerstyle copy\" width=\"425\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Double click a layer to activate its Blend If sliders\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are many reasons to use layers when sharpening your digital images.<\/p>\n<p>How do you do this? Simply duplicate the Background layer and sharpen the new layer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eliminate Saturation Shifts<\/strong><br \/>\nLayers can be used to eliminate saturation shifts. Change the Blend Mode of a sharpening layer from Normal to Luminosity. Color noise will also be reduced this way.<\/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>Layers have Blend Modes and can be masked Double click a layer to activate its Blend If sliders\u00a0\u00a0 There are many reasons to use layers when sharpening your digital images. 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