Benesesso,
Layers make editing your image less destructive and you can delete a layer without losing all your changes. They are absolutely well worth learning about..they change your whole approach to image editing.
Unsharp Mask can have a profound effect on your image... use it with small radius settings and always on a layer...If you don't like the look of the sharpening you can reduce the layers opacity or delete the layer...no harm, no foul...
There are other sharpening tools you should learn as well. For portraits you might want to look at HighPass, Smart Sharpen, or just plain Sharpen. I frequently use Smart Sharpen for people shots. I find it does not create colored halos as often as some of the other processes.
HighPass is generally better suited for scenery and other images with few smooth surfaces.
Your image was not posted when I replied but I'd like to see what you have so far...Try re-posting to the photos section.
Greg Groess
greg@curvemeister.com
greg@curvemeister.com
From: Benesesso <benesesso@yahoo.com>
To: photoshop-beginners@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 2:46 PM
Subject: [photoshop-beginners] Will Layers Improve Sharpness?
I've scanned some pretty old family photos that were soft/out of focus.
I can improve them, especially using "Unsharp Masking", but I've never learned how to use layers.
I've put two photos in the PHOTO section under Benesesso. The large file is the raw scanned image, the smaller one (filename ends with -n)is my best attempt using PS.
Can anyone do better using layers? If so, I guess I'll have to learn how.
Thanks.
I can improve them, especially using "Unsharp Masking", but I've never learned how to use layers.
I've put two photos in the PHOTO section under Benesesso. The large file is the raw scanned image, the smaller one (filename ends with -n)is my best attempt using PS.
Can anyone do better using layers? If so, I guess I'll have to learn how.
Thanks.
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