Adding clarity with a contrast mode

In this exercise I'll show you a couple of really great filtering effects that…you can pull off using Overlay and a couple of the other contrast modes.…Now the first thing I'm going to do is duplicate this layer.…Press Ctrl+Alt+J or Command+Option+J on the Mac, and I'll call this layer…portrait and then click OK.…And now, just so that we have as much flexibility where the filtering process is…concerned as possible, let's convert this layer to smart object by going up to…the Layers panel fly-out menu and choosing the Convert to Smart Object command,…and now let's say we want to apply a kind of sharpening effect.…

I'll go up to the Filter menu and then I'll choose the High Pass command, and…because of the way it's build High Pass does a better job of eliminating…clipped highlights and shadows in this Smart Sharpen command does, which often…makes it a better tool for sharpening portraits, so I'll go ahead and choose that Command.…Now initially if I were to set the Radius to something like 3 pixels let's say,…