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Sharpening the final image

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Sharpening the final image

- Sharpening is a process that frequently happens during a digital imaging workflow. Oftentimes people will sharpen when opening their RAW files. However, after merging an HDR image, it's still a good idea to sharpen, particularly if there's subtle movement or ghosts in the image. But even on a traditional photo, a little bit of sharpening can help bring out some of the edge detail and really give the image a good pop. To see sharpening, I suggest you choose to view at full size. This will quickly push in and let you explore details of the image. You'll find presets here for mild, all the way up to strong sharpening. And if you go too far, you might notice that you start to get halos or a hard ringing edge from over-sharpening. No sharpening, mild sharpening, and going too far, and you see that we start to get a bright ring around the outside edges of many of the areas. Taking a look at sharpen options, you can really see what's happening. Let's adjust these one at a time for a…

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