Using Unsharp Mask

…After you have resized your photograph to its final output destination size,…next, it's time to begin the process of using a filter to sharpen the photograph.…In the previous movie, we resized this image, so…that we can create a four by six print.…Then next what we need to do is to make a decision on what filter we'll use.…Here we have a couple of options, and in this movie,…we'll focus in on one option, which is using the Unsharp Mask filter.…

Now the first step when it comes to sharpening is…to duplicate, or to copy the layer which we want to sharpen.…I like to do that because it gives you some flexibility, in case you…make a mistake or want to modify the intensity of the sharpening as well.…So over here in the layers panel, let's copy…the background layer by clicking and dragging this layer…all the way down to the new layer icon at the base there of the layers panel.…There you can see we now have background copy, double click that layer…name and let's rename this one here, I'll call it USM for unsharp mask.…