{"id":18226,"date":"2017-05-22T13:09:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T17:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=18226"},"modified":"2022-03-29T22:06:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T22:06:37","slug":"3-things-creative-sharpening-can-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/18226\/3-things-creative-sharpening-can-images\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Things Creative Sharpening Can Do For Your Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/refraction_LXIX_2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/refraction_LXIX_2.jpg\" alt=\"Refraction LXIX 2\" width=\"425\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of the three stages in a sound sharpening workflow \u2013 capture sharpening, creative sharpening, and output sharpening \u2013 creative sharpening is the stage that has the most impact. The goal of creative sharpening is to give an image a specific look and feel. There are at least three things creative sharpening can do for your images.<\/p>\n<p>One, creative sharpening can prioritize; it can direct attention to specific areas of an image.<\/p>\n<p>Two, creative sharpening can enhance; qualitative aspects of images like texture and line, can be amplified to produce stronger responses.<\/p>\n<p>Three, creative sharpening can be used to accentuate different qualities of light; a great deal of detail is carried by the luminosity component of color and changing it changes the overall appearance of light within the image.<\/p>\n<p>Used consistently creative sharpening can produce a distinctive style that is more easily recognizable to viewers. (Remember, sharpening is a way to enhance details and it may also be used with its counterpart blurring to make effects appear even stronger by comparison.)<\/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>Of the three stages in a sound sharpening workflow \u2013 capture sharpening, creative sharpening, and output sharpening \u2013 creative sharpening is the stage that has the most impact. 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