Before sharpening
Unsharp Mask only
Unsharp Mask and High Pass filters combined
Different sharpening techniques make the world look different. A world of difference can be seen between the thin hard line of Unsharp Mask and the broad feathered line of High Pass Sharpening.
Can you choose a combination of both? Yes, you can! You can choose the texture of one, the halo of another, and the line of yet another, applying them either globally or selectively. You can customize the look and feel of detail in any image or image area with astonishing precision and flexibility.
Layers have Blend Modes and can be masked
Double click a layer to activate its Blend If sliders
There are many reasons to use layers when sharpening your digital images.
How do you do this? Simply duplicate the Background layer and sharpen the new layer.
Eliminate Saturation Shifts
Layers 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.