| Layers themselves do nothing to an image, they are merely an effect or an adjustment to images. You could stack 100 blank layers on top of an image layer and all you would do is increase file size. However, layers are definitely the way to go if you want to do anything to an image non-destructivley. Another side note to the sharpening query earlier in this thread is that sharpening CANNOT make an out-of-focus image clear. What sharpening does is find the edges in your image (a light pixel next to a dark pixel), and increases the contrast between the pixels by creating a halo around each pixel. Dragging the radius and amount sliders adjusts the size of the halo and the contrast of the halo around each pixel to give the appearance of a sharper image. Usually, the best results are small radius and large amounts or larger radius and smaller amounts. Like anything in photography though, every image is different and you should experiment to get the best results. A RAW image has no sharpening applied whatsoever, so they appear fairly soft right out of the camera. Stephen R. Reeves 650-919-3483 (mobile) mrigger98@gmail.com (alternate) --- On Tue, 7/12/11, JohnB <johnb163@bellsouth.net> wrote:
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