Photoshop :: CC Smart Sharpen Vs LR / ACR Sharpening
Jul 23, 2013
how Photoshop CC's Smart Sharpening differs from Lightroom (and ACR's) sharpening in the Detail panel? Do they approach sharpening differently? Is one more powerful than the other, and if so, in what way? Are there particular circumstances under which you find it worthwhile to use SS rather than stay with LR/ACR? (I do see that SS allows one to control the effect in highlights and shadows.)
I have generally been sticking with LR sharpening, but want to be able to answer these questions intelligently (and be aware of circumstances where I should take the time to open PS and use SS).
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Aug 27, 2006
smart sharpen in CS2. I have a photo that I've tweaked the colors by using the curves dialog. Next I bring up the smart sharpen filter. Before I hit OK, the original photo in the background is altered. It is brighter and the colors are better as well as sharper. Overall it looks much better. I figured this was a preview of sorts but when I hit OK in the smart sharpen the results aren't as good as it was showing. In fact, they are noticeably worse. It is sharpened but the colors and brightness of the photo back to the original.
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May 2, 2007
After I sharpen an image using Smart Sharpen, then click OK, it shows the status bar of the image being sharpened. All seem good. But when the status bar is complete the image defaults back to what it looked like before it was sharpened.
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Aug 24, 2012
The smart sharpen tool in Photoshop CS6 takes up to 2 minutes to apply, during wich time nothing else can be used...is that normal? It was a breeze to use on the same computer with CS5 Every thing else works really well
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The problem seems to affect the 64 Bit version only, the 32 Bit works fine...my OS is 64 Bit...
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if I change the bit-depth to 8 bit it works ok, the problem is when I open a 12 bit file...
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Nov 3, 2006
Since a couple of weeks, processing Smart Sharpen has slowed down dramatically. A full frame EOS1Ds MII at about 4000x3000 px, 16 bit, takes more than 70 seconds when it used to take maybe 15-20! My computer runs Windows Professional SP2, has an AMD Athlon 64 2x, 4800+ on an Asus A8N SLI Premium mobo with 4 Gb ram. I have an identically equippped machine in another location and it is considerably faster. Any hints as to what might have happened or what I can do to find the problem? Btw, the efficiency is 100% according to the status bar.
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Jan 31, 2009
When I open Smart Sharpen, on an image in CS3 on Vista, it looks great... however when I click OK, as soon as the processing is done, the image goes back to what it looked like before. How do I get it to "take".
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Jul 14, 2013
The new Smart Sharpen (Photoshop CC) is very nice especially the possibility of enlarging the preview window. However the update when adjusting the sliders is quiet slow despite the fact that I have a rather powerful configuration.
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Mar 10, 2012
Yesterday I was working with a collection of photos, and saved my Smart Sharpen settings. As I moved from one photo to another, I was able to choose my saved settings in the dropdown menu. Today, however, all that is available is "default" -- how can I load yesterday's saved settings?
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Jul 29, 2013
As far as I know, gaussian blur is a spatial convolution filter and smart sharpen is a deconvolution filter.So I think that they should be opposite of each other when smart sharpen is at the gaussian blur mode.But we can not remove gaussian blur (applied to a JPEG) with the smart sharpen adjusted for the same radius.
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Jun 21, 2013
Been working on a project moving files from Light room 4 to Photoshop CS6 for final edits and experiencing recent files crashing PS CS6 when using the smart sharpen filter. I've processed hundreds of files in CS6 and never had this issue till lately. All other filters work fine, including other sharpen options, it's just the smart sharpen interface.
I over-installed/re-installed Photoshop CS6 thinking a driver might have corrupted for that filter, then installed all available upgrades but the problem persists. I can't figure it out, and it's a problem - I use smart sharpen a lot for final output. Am I overlooking something simple? Or, do I need to just uninstall PS CS6 and do a total re-install or is there another option?
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May 17, 2013
What's the difference between the Threshold slider in the USM filter and the Reduce Noise slider in the new Smart Sharpen filter?
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Sep 2, 2013
On my current system and on my previous system smart sharpen runs PAINFULLY slow. It happened in CS3, CS5, and now with CC it often causes the Photoshop to stop responding and I have to force quit.
I currently have:
MacBook Pro Dual 2.5 GHz i7
8 GB 1333 DDR3 Ram
dual SSDs running Raid 0
OS 10.8.4
The rest of Photoshop seems to run OK, it's just Smart Sharpen that bogs down I'm usually working on 16 bit files that have gotten to be around 800MB-1.2GB by the time I get to sharpening.
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Aug 15, 2009
I will get into the sharpen dialogue box, set the correct values, the picture looks fine at this point, then click OK. After that, photoshop will then reduce the level of sharpening I have added. I have no idea why it's blurring my sharpening but it's driving me mad. Does anyone know what's causing this?
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Nov 27, 2013
What is the difference between sharpen and sharpen copy in the presets section of LR? they seem to have the same effect, dont know which one to use
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Aug 23, 2013
1. Is there a way for masking each smart filter separately on a single smart object other than nesting one smart object into the another?
2. Is there a way for removing the previously created smart object?
I mean ... let's say I have a smart object containing four layers. Can I remove smart object from these layers?
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Aug 9, 2012
Why doesnt the smart filter mask move with the smart object?
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Nov 28, 2006
I am pretty new to Photoshop but learning fast. This is my first post so if it should have been in Beginner's section please let me know. My question is, is there real value in the Sharpener Pro or Photokit Sharpener plugins over using the CS2 unsharp. I am currently converting RAW files to LAB and sharpening the image on the L channel then returning the image to sRGB.
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Oct 24, 2006
I've got a few images that the depth-of-field was off & focused on the background not the subject. Now the subject is fairly blurred and I have used the sharpening tool and some other areas in the filter catogory & it still doesnt look good.
way to sharpen the subject up?
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Apr 30, 2013
My last step in processing is sharpening. After the application the photo does not look like it was sharpened. If I use my zoom button up one level than the photo is sharp. When I run slideshow in Bridge this lack of sharpening also appears here.
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Dec 6, 2013
I have low-light photo taken at 1600 iso and I'd like to de-noise it and sharpen it a bit with high pass. Will it matter which comes first?
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May 30, 2009
I was using Focalblade with CS3 but apparently it does not run with CS4 64bit.
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May 26, 2008
I use the lab colour system for sharpening my images, Ive done it loads of times with no probs. Tonight though; when I select lab colour from the menu my image goes black! I still get the four channels - Lab, Lightness, a and b but the lab channel is black instead of the usual full colour image, anyone had this happen to them? I've tried all the usual reboot and reset preferences things but no change.
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Feb 24, 2008
I have this great photo of me and my boyfriend, I've already cropped and changed the color levels (its a bit washed out now, but it was WAY too dark and red earlier)
seanissocute.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
the photo is a bit blurry, but the sharpen filters do NOTHING. And when I try to sharpen only certain sections it gets too grainy.
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Jul 13, 2004
I know about the sharpen tool, but whenever I use it the picture just takes on a grainy look. Is there any way to sharpen blurry images without affecting the overall look of the image?
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Feb 17, 2007
how I would go about sharpening an image?
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Apr 6, 2006
Ive been creating graphics in PS for a website im putting together with html/css.
Most of them are simply coloured boxes with text in them. Ive used anti aliasing and unsharpen mask on the images just before i save them but they're not as sharp as id like them to be, or as sharp as i have seen web grpahics before.
way of getting these graphics sharper?
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Sep 2, 2008
how to achieve this look, particularly on the color and sharpening technique.
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Jul 23, 2002
I normally use Unsharp Mask, Amount: 100 / Radius: .5 / Threshold: 0 -- followed by Fade with Luminosity Mode. Recently I've started experimenting with the Hi Pass Filter. There seems to be many different tutorials on sharpening, each one's method slightly different. I'd be interested in other user's favorite methods and why.
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Aug 9, 2012
Ps CS6
OSX 10.6.8
Problem: Transform applied to Smart Object fails to transform an attached Smart Filters Mask.
I mean a Transform, including Free Transform, as found in the Edit menu. A simple move by the Move Tool is OK.
A workaround until this bug is squashed is to encapsulate the Smart Object + Smart Filters + Filter Mask inside another Smart Object and transform that.However, that will not be a satisfactory solution in some cases. If a filter has size parameter(s), e.g. Gaussian Blur radius, a scaling or warping/distorting transform applied after the filter will obviously differ from the filter applied after the transform.
In any case, the workaround is inconvenient to subsequent editing and experimenting with filters and masks.
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Apr 8, 2013
Any method for sharpening only a part of an image not the whole picture with Photoshop CS5?
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Apr 13, 2013
How can i add structure sharpening to a photo? Nik plugins like silver efex , or viveza 2 have a structure feature, they add sharpening to a photos and contrast and amplify micro details. I tried to do it in Photoshop with high pass but i was not able .
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